Tag: ‘Cuenca’

Since 2004, the Fundación Bolívar has been helping foreigners, both resident and visiting the country, to share their time, their ...

We're lately shining our spotlight on Ecuador… which we've identified as the world's most affordable place to retire well. Specifically, ...

Worried about soaring utility costs? You're not alone. Over the past year, energy costs across the United States have increased ...

I've spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia... even though ...

We give a lot of virtual ink to Latin America… And for good reason. This region checks three of the ...

For tourists and foreign residents, Cuenca's Christmas Eve Paseo del Niño parade, or Passing of the Child, is a colorful, ...

I retired to Cuenca in 2001, at the age of 49. I knew no other North Americans there, and no ...

Other than for random, one-off real estate investment opportunities, Ecuador has never been high on my list of top offshore ...

What if you could retire early... even with a small nest egg and little income? What if you could live ...

The best place to live in the world is very subjective, the answer is different for everyone. If you could ...

I'm most of the way through Alain De Botton's "The Consolations Of Philosophy." It's an entertaining collection of teachings from ...

Aside from the dozens of queries that fill our mailbags every week from readers looking for a warm, sunny destination, ...

"I get two weeks of vacation a year from my stressful job, and you want me to spend one of ...

Longtime editor and friend Lee Harrison and his wife Julie divide their time between California and Mazatlán, Mexico. However, Mazatlán ...

With the whole world going through a pandemic, many countries have different rules and restrictions regarding travel. This causes a ...

Imagine your ideal lifestyle. Then look at the numbers in that context. Where will the budget you’ve got buy you ...

I started working at the age of 14, and I did not retire until my full Social Security age, which, ...

"Kathleen, I beg to differ with John Curran about health care in Ecuador, particularly in Cuenca. I have just experienced the ...

"When we first started our property management office, we had six rental properties that were rented maybe 25% of the ...

As far back as 2001, I considered Cuenca, Ecuador, to be the No. 1 place to retire overseas. In fact, ...

Exactly How Much Does It Cost To Live In Cuenca, Ecuador, Today? For years we've been suggesting that Cuenca, Ecuador, ...

Your Turn-Key Retirement Plan For The World’s Most Affordable Place To Retire Well “You’ve heard about Cuenca before, I’m sure,” ...

Pioneers In Cuenca—How Lee And Julie Retired At Age 49 "When I was 49, the engineering company I had been working ...

Why This Adventuresome Widow Retired On Her Own To Cuenca (And Hasn't Looked Back Since) “I started working at the ...

One Of The World's Great "Walking Around" Cities In a 2010 article in Conde Nast Traveller, Calvin Trillin called Cuenca a ...

Retire Overseas Index Names The World’s Most Affordable Places To Retire In Monday's dispatch, I promised more on our just-released Retire ...

Does It Get Any Better Than This? “Does it get any better than this?” asked Dennis Martinez this morning, addressing ...

Medellin Versus Cuenca--And The Winner Is... "If you like Cuenca, Ecuador so much, why did you ever leave?" That's the ...

Retire Well On US$726 Per Month "Retire in style overseas and live better than you do now on less than ...

Christmas In Cuenca—Celebrating El Pase del Niño Viajero "Every morning in Cuenca, Ecuador" writes Latin America Correspondent Lee Harrison, "the ...

The Passage Of The Child In Cuenca "Every morning in Cuenca," writes Latin America Correspondent Christian MacDonald, "the sun begins ...