$350/month Luxury-finished Loja Apartment for Rent
Furnished, kitchen, TV, WIFI, dining and living rooms, 3 bedr, 3 bath
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Where to stay in Quito?
Hostal Veintimilla: Amazonas y Av. Veintimilla. This hotel is my pick for budget travelers, right where you want to be within walking distance of the Mariscal and a short taxi ride to most of the points in the city like Carolina Park and the Old Town. Clean, safe, simple rooms with TV, cable, WIFI and hot water await you starting around $12 per person. The only negative are the hookers that hang out on the street nearby.
Centro del Mundo Hostel: Is my pick for budget travelers who want to stay right where all the nightlife is, in the Mariscal district. This was the first place I stayed in Quito. Rooms start around $6 for a dormitory bed and $10 per person for a private room.
Where to eat in Quito?
In Quito, Id go to my favorite retaurant in all of Ecuador… Crepes and Waffles. And after having a bunch of delectable waffles, the talk that followed was all about waffles. They have what their name suggests and a lot more. There are ones in Quicentro Mall, El Jardin Mall and across the street form the Marriot.
What to do in Quito?
-Party with the hip locals at one of the many discos around the Plaza FOch in the Mariscal.
-Go up the Teleferico and check out the amazing views but dont stop there, continue on the hike along the ridge.
-Rent a bike in the Ejido Park on a Sunday and enjoy the Ciclovia, where the city closes off a main street only to bicycles every Sunday.
-Visit the Old Town around Plaza San Francisco, it is one of THE most picturesque old towns in all of South America and is a World Heritage Site.
– Shop in Quicentro Mall and El Jardin Mall, at least just to get a feel for what up-scale Ecuadorian life is like and people watch.
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Last week I wrote you about a few things you should have warned me about BEFORE I came to Ecuador!
Turns out I forgot a few more…
16. That Ecuadorian men, especially taxi drivers, think of the streets as their private urinal.
17. That Ecuadorian drivers, especially taxi drivers, will make left hand turns from the third right-hand lane.
18. That Ecuadorians don’t line up, they swarm.
19. That Ecuadorians aren’t big “joggers”, meaning if you see a few people running in the streets in the middle of the day you know it means someone just got robbed.
20. That Ecuadorians probably won’t have change… even for your $5 bill!
21. That Ecuadorians in small towns on the coast love to put hidden speed bumps along the main coastal road just for kicks as outsiders lose their suspensions and shatter their teeth.
22. That mañana does NOT mean “tomorrow”, it means “NOT today”.
23. That on Sundays the small towns turn literally into “ghost towns” with everything closing meaning if you didn’t prepare beforehand you’ll have to rumage through the garbage to survive (or live off Doritos).
24. That once the food is served the waiters job is considered finished and will disappear out the back for a smoke.
25. That you will need to have important matters explained through translators who speak worse English than you speak Spanish.
26. That even though Ecuador is a coffee producing country, all that will be offered to you is NesCafe. (Unless you’re in Loja.)
27. That Ecuadorian drivers don’t care what happens behind them, they will turn on their emergency blinkers and stop anywhere and block traffic without a care in the world.
28. That Ecuadorian government employees will give you the wrong information, then take no responsibility for it.
And once again, despite all these setbacks I’ll still be glad I came!
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Here’s a list of the current visa requirements (updated for OCT 2012) and translated to English, if you have a tip to add please do so in the comments, thanks!
9-II Investor’s Visa (Real Estate) Requirements
9-1 Pensioners Visa Requirements
VISA 12 – IV Refugee Visa Requirements Ecuador
12-VIII Volunteer Visa Requirements Ecuador
12-VI Work Visa Requirements Ecuador
12-V Student Visa Requirements Ecuador
12-X Tourist Visa Requirements Ecuador
12-IX Tourist Visa Requirements Ecuador
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What if you only had 5 or 7 days to look for cheap beachfront property in Ecuador?
And you were only interested in something front line, right on the ocean.
You can’t dick around.
You’d be wasting your valuable time going somewhere like Olon, where there is little to no availability or where prices have already jumped.
I’d start in these 3 places that stand out in my mind as the ‘big three’ right now entering October 2012.
3 undiscovered places on the coast where you can still find really cheap, yet desirable, beachfront lots, and where i found the one I bought this week for under $5k.
3 places that could skyrocket in value in the short term if discovered a bit.
Over the last 2 years I’ve witnessed places like Montanita, Playas, Canoa, Ayampe and Ballenita jump in beachfront prices and now in those places its tough to find beachfront lots under $50k or a home under $80k, but property one back from the ocean can still be cheap ($10k for a lot, $25k for a small beach house).
Here are my picks, and for now, this is top secret information so you can get in before the herds do…
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