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Best of luck in your journey! It's been quite a process to give away and sell all of our stuff, but we're excited to get going 😊

@@bashkillszombies We have RUclips, too :)

Thanks, so much! We're super excited to get going 😀

Looks to a one big adventure!

Thanks for sharing that resource. We'll be on the move for quite a while, but we will be in Cuenca again in 2025.

We're starting all the way south in South America, with Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Then, we'll work our way north through Peru and on up to Ecuador and Colombia. It's going to be an amazing journey and we'll definitely be back in Cuenca to enjoy the city. So glad you're enjoying your new life 👍👍

@@Oceanofsand1981 Thanks! We appreciate the feedback 😃

Great question and the answer is "it depends". There is a dry season and a rainy season so be sure to check any dates you're thinking about to determine which season is in effect. On the coast, the climate can be quite hot. In the mountains, like Monte Verde, it can get very cool at night. Much like the wildlife and the cultures in Costa Rica, the climate is very diverse :)

¡sin duda!

@@SRFDriver We stayed at the Hotel Victoria and LOVED it!

@@seananddebgo Wow, thank you for the incredibly fast reply! I'm looking for someplace where I can stay for a few weeks as I look for a long term rental.

@SRFDriver glad to help! Good luck with your search and we hope you love Cuenca as much as we do!

Thanks for sharing your opinion. Our experiences are just that - OUR experiences. Others are free to share their experiences, as well, and potential visitors to Ecuador can/should formulate their plans on that. We can't comment on the coastal cities, yet, because we haven't visited them but when we do, we'll share OUR experiences with our viewers :)

@@seananddebgo Of course you are entitled to your opinion and to express your experiences as you've experienced them. But I wasn't referring to any one person's experiences, but rather to the cold, hard statistics and the everyday reports of crime and violence that you can read in any local news source. I've lived in Ecuador for over 10 years, and the fact that Ecuador has surged up the list to become one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America absolutely breaks my heart. And I'd be remiss as a responsible expat not to provide some balance where balance is needed. I promise I'm not trying to troll your videos, and I won't comment on any other ones, but please allow me to share a few words of advice for when/if you do visit the coast: First, all the common sense stuff applies: be aware of your surroundings and who is sharing them with you. Stay in well-lit and well-populated (in terms of foot traffic) areas. Do not travel to the coast on any form of ground transportation that's going to traveling to/from the coast in the dark, or when it will be dusky or twilight -- that's when the highwaymen block the road with two vehicles, forcing the driver to stop, then they proceed to rob everyone... and occasionally they take hostages. If you're in one of the larger cities and you want to take a taxi, I highly recommend that you do NOT flag down any old taxi, but rather that you use a taxi app on your mobile device; that way you'll have the license plate and the name of the driver. Some taxis are stolen, and when they pick you up, they drive to where an accomplice is waiting nearby, and then they'll drive you around to as many ATMs as it takes to empty your accounts. This happened to a friend of mine in Guayaquil, and they had already taken him for over $1500 before he decided to fake a heart attack... which was apparently enough for them to let him and his wife go. I'm not trying to burst anyone's bubble here or be an alarmist, but when someone puts in a short visit here and then publishes a video that potentially thousands will see, there needs to be balance to that video if it doesn't include essential information about the current danger levels in Ecuador. Cuenca's great, and most of the crime that goes on here is invisible to the expats who never read the news, but it's still much less dangerous here than most of the rest of the country -- especially the coast. But Cuenca is a very unique city within Ecuador, but the troubles going on in the rest of the country are very real and very present. One last thing, when/if you do go to the coast, and if you happen to be in a restaurant or tienda or other such business, do *not* get involved if you witness a robbery or other crime going down; an expat in Santa Marianita (just outside of Manta) tried to foil a restaurant robbery, and he was shot and killed for his trouble. All of this was unheard of before the pandemic, but all the "locking down" of Ecuador allowed the cartels to move in and the gangs began to flourish like never before. I'll live here till I die (my wife and family are Ecuadorian), but until they can get this mess cleaned up, I wouldn't recommend that anyone consider moving to Ecuador at the present time. I won't comment further, but please don't delete this comment, as folks have a right and a need to know these things before selling everything they own and moving to Ecuador.

En algo tienes razón amigo​, los expatriados normalmente son vistos como un Blanco facil,pero pienso que exageras un poco 😊 hay robos si pero las ciudades de la sierra son seguras y menos inseguridad que algunas ciudades de EEUU

I wonder when did you leave Cuenca? Do you live in much safer place now? Please share it with us, so maybe it will be a better choice for us to move there…

We are aware that there have been issues in some of the larger cities like Guayaquil but we're hopeful that the government is getting those under control. We felt safe while we were in Cuenca and we hope others can enjoy that sense of safety, as well.

There are a lot of people leaving; I personally know a handful of them. I commented on this issue up above. Hopefully it doesn't get deleted.

The Equator is a line, and Ecuador is a country. There's definitely no go zones where not even locals want to go, but Cuenca is far away from the no go zone. All Hispanic America has experience a rise in crime since the pandemic, but Cuenca stills feels like a safe spot inside of Ecuador.

@@luchinr91 Actually, Ecuador *is* "equator" in Spanish. And yes, Cuenca still "feels" like a safe spot in Ecuador, but let's compare Cuenca to an island, because that's more or less what it is these days -- an island of relative calm in a country being overrun with crime and violence. But if it were a literal island, what that island was surrounded by waters full of deadly sharks, toothy eels, manta rays, and other sea creatures that will eat your toe if you stick it in the water. Do you really want to be confined to your little island, knowing that straying too far in any one direction might prove very dangerous? I'm in Cuenca and I'll be staying here, but I rarely leave the greater Cuenca area, especially not to go to the coast or to Quito.

We'll look for it next time we're there ;)

It's a tough comparison since Medellin is so much larger but it might be interesting to compare the big-city vibe of Medellin vs the small-city vibe of Cuenca. Thanks for the idea, we'll consider it as a future video. BTW....they are both great in their own ways ;)

Thanks! We are really looking forward to exploring more of what Colombia offers. Guatapé and Salento were also amazing and we can't wait to check out other regions!

Thanks! We're so excited to get going :)

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Thanks for clarifying! We'll check them out when we return...and we will DEFINITELY be back to visit your beautiful country!

Yes, I have bought Charmin or Cottonelle which are expensive and at times not available, but my favorite I found to be the Familia Green 100% recycled paper.

@@sweetart9905 thank you for refreshing our memory. It was Diego and he was such an amazing guide and representative of Cuenca. We enjoyed our time with him and appreciate him showing us around :)

Best of luck with your visa and the move back! We love Cuenca so much!

Can you really find cheap rentals? Cheap like Philippines or Cambodia? I’m torn. lol

@@beaulongYou bet. Furnished apartments can be had for $350 on up, depending on how fancy and large you require. Gringo post has a couple of dozen listed.

We LOVE that you shared this info with us. Thanks for clarifying and helping those who are considering spending time in Cuenca know that their tushies can be comfortable. We will DEFINITELY be back to this lovely city :)

We live here and Charmin is available at SuperMaxi

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Thanks for clarifying! It's great to see Cuenca continue to grow!

700 K in Cuenca? No way. I'm ecuadorian and that is not true.

@@tutornotepad tons of Sakagawea dollars and half dollars in use in Ecuador. Might be a great place to find older coins;)

@@seananddebgo yes, here are plenty half dollars coins from the 70's in circulation

@@seananddebgo They only have the dollar coins here because the US banks that customers use won't order the dollar coins from the Central Banks, so they just sit there, gathering dust... or shipped off to other countries that use the US dollar. The only cool coins I've found here are some old sucre-based coins that you rarely see in circulation. But old US coins, no, not here.

@@quitomav Unless a US 50-cent coin from the 70s was part of a proof set or mint set, it would be highly unusual to find one here of any value above 50 cents. If you find one that's dated 1970 or older, it contains silver, and is worth more. Up until 1964 the "silvery" coins were 90% silver. Then from 65 - 70, they only kept silver in the 50-cent piece, but only at 40% silver.

Good luck with the sale and enjoy Cuenca!

Consider renting your house, not selling it, until you are 200% sure that Ecuador is for you. Please.

No necesitas vender tu casa en EEUU puede qué necesites volver a EEUU,las casas en Ecuador son baratas con 60 mil dólares puedes comprar una casa muy decente 😅

@@CuencaExplorer Enjoy the exploratory trip! We hope you love Cuenca as much as we do!

​@@seananddebgo thanks! Optimistic about it.

Woohoo, getting closer!

@@msbeecee1 Have a great trip!

@@msbeecee1 We hope you love it as much as we do.

Woohoo! I'll be there August 18th for first time.

@@CuencaExplorer me toooo! No exploratory trip. So exciting. Where u from? I'm moving from Nashville.

@@msbeecee1 congrats! I'm going for 3 months to make sure and if love will go back to states to work on visa and return after a few months in 2025. I was living in Oklahoma last three years but now waiting to go in Southern California. Wow you so close to going!

@JCMovingtoEcuador yes it's final countdown 🤪

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@@douglasgrillo Sean has visited Venezuela in the past and loved it. Amazing people, great food, and natural beauty. We can't wait to visit together in the future.