Market Day
Thursdays are market day for a lot of the expats living in Cotacachi. There is a very well attended market held in an outdoor parkade next to one of the central squares in town. Since the weather has dried out Read More …
Category: Ecuador
A do nothing day…
I’m retired and so am allowed to do nothing once in a while. 🙂 I woke up to the sound of raindrops so decided it wasn’t a good day for a walk. I spent a bunch of time online instead, Read More …
Chuck’s ‘Lemming aide’
I went out early this morning for another walkabout, this time by myself as there was some confusion as to where I was meeting up with Chuck and Susan. While they were wandering about town looking down every street, knocking Read More …
Another walkabout…
I woke up early again today to the noise of church bells and children heading to school. It is a real nice change to see well dressed children walking to school in nice neat uniforms and not being driven by Read More …
A morning walkabout
I went for a walkabout this morning with friends Chuck and Susan Bussey. According to my iPhone health app – 6700 steps. Not bad as I was back home before 9:00AM. The last time Giselle and I stayed here, we Read More …
Alone in Cotacachi
I’m five days in to my solo two month stay in Cotacachi, Ecuador. I miss my sweetie immensely! We chat twice daily on the phone using WhatsApp. I sometimes think this may have been a mistake, but then I take Read More …
Back in Cotacachi!
Here I am again in my little corner of paradise – Cotacachi, Ecuador. I arrived a couple of days ago. The flight with Air Canada was uneventful with a short layover in Houston before landing in Quito just after midnight Read More …
Cotacachi Again!- February 2023
Here I am back in Cotacachi, this time for a two month stay. It is sort of a retirement test drive, just making absolutely positive that this is the spot where Giselle and I will make our home sometime in Read More …
November 2021
As travel restrictions were beginning to wind down from COVID, Giselle and I needed to return to Cotacachi to get more coffee! Actually, we were just yearning to go back to experience more of our paradise. We stayed in the Read More …
August 2019
We have finally made up our minds that Ecuador was where we would plan to possibly retire. We flew down again in August 2019 for another stay. This time, we decided that we would see more of the small town Read More …