"I'd rather prep 16 years too early than 16 minutes too late." Strategic Relocation Ecuador: https://linktr.ee/journeymanjackecuador
Someone once said that Ecuador is a country that is: •EASY to love- 😊
•HARD to understand-🤔😘
•Impossible to forget- 🥰😍
Ecuador Real Estate: http://EcuadorRealEstate.org
I have felt since we moved to Paute that we settled into our routine and
that our blog was not really going to be useful. I have been prompted
by friends and family to "get on the stick" and start writing again. So
here it is.
I will back track a bit. As you know we moved to Paute in 2014, we will
have been here 2 yrs in April of 2016! Where did those years go?
We have been enjoying our house after we made all the renovations to it, to make it livable.
The dogs have been enjoying all the room in the back yard, as well as
the garden area of the lot behind us that also belongs to our landlord.
We are now down to our 1995 Trooper, 1 Vespa 300 cc scooter. It is big enough for both of us to ride at the same time.
We have not many long trips on it ,but getting around between Paute and Gualaceo, the next big town over is very easy.
We visited the U.S. in May for 3 weeks. This was Randy's 2nd time
returning in 5 yrs. The first was our daughters wedding. My mother who
turned 94 this year, lives in Dallas Oregon, and our home town is in
Richland, Wa.
If you have time to catch my monthly "ECUADOR Report" with mentions of
Vilcabamba - Loja - Paute - Cuenca on I-net radio this past THU 19 NOV
with Roger Sayles- Radio Ranch out of Argentina on The Truth Frenquency Radio Network:.
--"My 20+ year friend from our Atlanta days Jack Abercrombie
making another appearance on today’s show. After getting settled in we
discussed one of his recent clients’ trip to see about/consider
relocating in her retirement.
After traveling to visit several different towns in southern Ecuador she settled on a beautiful spot outside of Cuenca. www.riovistalinda.com is the website. After talking about several aspects of the area, her potential move and it’s reasons, etc.....
After talking about several aspects of the
area, her potential move and it’s reasons, etc. we were joined by
regular called Chris from Lost Wages. Chris has actually helped
construct a dome home in northern Arizona and gave us much insight into
dome homes, underground homes, berm homes, etc. We were also joined by
Doc who contributed to the building discussion on top of adding to a
comment I made to Jack about the recent discovery of giant skeletons in
Ecuador, specifically around the Cuenca area.
There are the links
mentioned in our discussion today. Dome homes:
http://www.goodkarmadomes.com/. Research on giants of N.America:
https://lamarzulli.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/nephilim/. Underground
homes: http://daviscaves.com. Hemp Crete. www.hemp.com website: www.journeymanjack.com
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I was in a terrible accident Wednesday and suffered a major head injury and a concussion. I was on a speeding bus that made a sharp turn sending me through the back door, over the street and onto the sidewalk. I was rushed to the emergency room, by ambulance, and spent ten hours being observed and having my head stitched up. Luckily, no broken bones.
However, I was in a lot of pain. Mainly muscle pain. My vision isn't 100% yet but it has improved. I need several days of bed rest to let my brain heal. The doctor said it took quite a beating. We were scheduled to move into our house Thursday. That has been rescheduled for Monday. The people in the neighborhood that saw the incident were so helpful until the ambulance arrived. I was losing a lot of blood and one man held pressure on my head while a lady attempted to clean the pouring blood off of me with cotton balls.
The police ordered that the bus driver pay my hospital bill or be taken to jail for thirty days. He agreed to pay. The care I received in the hospital was excellent!! Mike is taking great care of me. http://hlw3.blogspot.com/2015/09/i-had-accident.html
FRI 02 SEP 2015- Sharing from another public Forum / Group, where a friend asked:
--"Who among you have come to feel like Ecuador is truly "home" to you?"-- For those who do feel that way, how long did it take before that realization? Was there a precipitating event? And finally, do you attribute any particular thing (an activity, idea, attitude, etc.) as being responsible for your feeling at home here?
Journeyman Jack EC Response: ...an honest question "John Doe", sorry for your castigation from the other group. I guess all of our perceptions & experiences vary, but took me 4-5 yrs, to start to feel a bit at home mainly staying in 1 neighborhood (2- 2+ yr rental contracts, moved 2 doors down, no expats to speak of, maybe 3 expat couples) within 10 km's, mostly friends & business w/ locals - from FEB 2011 - JUN 2015.
I now have moved 1.5 hrs across to Eastern suburb part of town (Quito) to be near the UIO Quito Airport, and for my 4 yrs relationship Ecua G/F to be near Her family & life long friends.
..over the years, being here full time since 2008, nothing made me feel more at home, than having my aunt & uncle living 2 hrs to my north in Cotacachi for 4 yrs until I helped them return back to GA about 18 months ago. (was a downer(:
...or when close friends & family come and visit for 2-3-4 weeks is a special treat that makes me feel at home Here...? <strange I know>
..something I feel helps me, in my case anyways, to make EC feel more at home is to not be back and forth to the US every year, as many do, not knocking it by any means,
...but I just can't fathom putting myself through the emotional / energy / stress & strain of of an INT flight entering & exiting these 2 very different worlds every year,
...or in some cases, expats that max out the res. visa req. of 3) x 30 day trips a year, per year for the first 2 years. like my aunt & uncle did...
(and the saying good byes, or even see yah later, is hard enough when folks leave from Here after a year or 2 or 3),
...I feel the longer I stay put in EC... and not just my home base neighborhood in Quito, but keep focusing on Spanish language improvement & cultural adaptation Here...the quicker it will be home sweet home,
....but by Touring & Introducing others around the country (size of Colorado) about 20,000 km's per / yr. ..it keeps me learning and meeting new folks, - locals & expats alike in all areas of the Country. --as well as helping folks leave and return home permanently...makes life in EC interesting...
~Ebb & flow, ebb & flow ~ I watch them come, I watch them go~
I feel most at home, when I am helping others, learning new routes, and the vastly different ways to go about things, and how to get things done or fixed, it's a learning curve~
...how to get around, and in and out of other towns / citys and areas of EC. often. ..it keeps me fresh and on my toes. Living and not just existing "like a bump on a log."
..no matter if one has achieved residency visa - drivers license - naturalization - home owner mtn. - and a 2nd home owner coast ~ cars / motorcycles owner, marriage - 40ft container - ~4 car garage and we're still building on~ all that is just documents & pieces of paper that can be achieved most anywhere.
Home is where the heart is, if EC is not sunk down and embedded steadfastly into your heart, if you do not want it with a passion like you have never wanted anything before in your life, then it will not truly be home to you.
I think one needs about 10 yrs to fully Master & Learn a new trade or craft, (even a new culture & the customs of small country) to be frank, (or jack:) I have got a long ways to go, still just a journeyman, serving out my apprenticeship time,
I slip in and out of that warm & fuzzy, homey feeling. I don't guess I really am after that "feel at home" feeling.
(don't kick me out of the group for this, lol:) ...but, I want new and exciting, learning something new everyday. Classroom for "EC 101" is wide open 24/7/365 everyday if you are willing to roll up your sleeves, apply some elbow grease, buckle down and work at it.
I don't like boring and hum drum routines. If I wanted to feel at home, I would have stayed back in ATL. GA & the SE / US running around in familiar circles where I know it like the back of my hand.
2003 to 08 I had the opportunity to bump around on business & pleasure in and out of Europe - N. Africa - Mid East, before regrouping and coming permanently to EC in 08'
...so I do have a tolerance level for my low end boredom of up to just how much high end excitement, or cultural difference I can handle, we all have to just find our sweet spot, and try and maintain it, as best we can:)
..as my 90 yr old Granny Back Home says, (that I call once a week on Magic Jack:) in the Alzheimer's Ward of an assisted living Center, and still says: "Well To Each His Own"
Some of us Like Morgan Freeman's character have waited too long (mentally & spiritually) to get out of the old country / culture and try to make a go of it, into a new country / culture.
Clarification: Thisstatement, and variations of it, is written in articles, internet posts, books, etc., about the city of Loja. Common sense would dictate that it is not true, but all of us sometimes give in to what we WANT to believe rather than what makes sense. Loja is a CITY,
of course there is crime, of course you have to be careful.
It therefore strikes me as quite irresponsible on the part of the authors
that repeat this untruth time and time again. (It is clear that the
vast majority who write about Loja in English-speaking books and
websites have spent very little time in Loja and for some, none at all.)...<read more> http://www.citiesrequireprecautions.blogspot.com/
By Christopher Lux With everything sold but our house back in North Carolina, in
September last year my son and I arrived in Cuenca. We came ahead of my
wife since she had to wait for cooler weather to bring our two large
Catahoula Leopard dogs on the plane. I had to start my new job, and my son came along. Together we went to
meetings, workshops, conferences, and classes. Nobody seemed to mind
the four-year-old coloring and reading in the corner of the room.
When we first arrived, we stayed in an Airbnb apartment near El Centro. Dano,
the owner of the apartment, drove us to a furniture store to buy beds
for our house. He showed us the market where we could by affordable
furniture and gave advice about keeping dogs in Ecuador.
Our house was rented for us a month earlier by our extended family
who happened to be living in Cuenca. Our first week, they took us to
dinner, showed us around town, and helped us get the house ready to move
into. We lined up painters and a plumber to make a few changes.
After a week in the Airbnb, we moved into our house. It didn’t feel
like home at first. We were in a new country, and we were in a
neighborhood far away from El Centro and other gringos.
Soon, as cooler weather arrived in the States, my wife and the dogs arrived in Quito.
The dogs were too big to fly from Quito to Cuenca,
so we arranged to have them driven down by the famous Journeyman Jack who specializes in relocation.
Jack and the dogs drove through the night. My wife stayed in a hotel and flew to Cuenca the next day.
We bought our tickets for the U.S. today. I spent all day working out the flights. We wanted to fly into New York from Guayaquil or Quito and then take a bus to Cleveland because the savings are huge! So, after a lot of back and forth I finally found an itinerary that would work.
We are flying to Quito the night of the 28th and then hanging around the airport all night. The flight to New York leaves at 7:00am and we will arrive in New York City at 5:00pm....<read more> http://unschoolingthebigbluemarble.blogspot.com/
We are now down to our 1995 Trooper, 1 Vespa 300 cc scooter. It is big enough for both of us to ride at the same time.
