If you’re learning Spanish, you’ve probably heard of Madrigal’s Magic Key To Spanish. It’s our readers favorite Spanish learning book. We’ve seen 600+ purchases just from mentioning this book in an overview post. The week we arrived in Ecuador, someone loaned us their copy because they said it was the best book to get us started. It’s the [...]
When women move abroad one of the things on their mind is hair care. Where will you find a good hairdresser? What about your hair color? When I moved to Ecuador, South America, hair care problems made me change things up a bit… Three Easy Hair Care Hacks for Travelers Cut your own hair Embrace your [...]
How do you keep your camera gear safe while traveling? Since moving to Ecuador more than five years ago, we’ve traveled quite a bit. Both around the country and to other countries. And because blogging is our business, we tend to take a lot of photos and travel with a fair amount of gear. In [...]
The sun in Ecuador is strong all year round. And because there is no winter (well, at least no ice, snow, and wind chill) we are outside a lot. We need to be very careful to avoid sunburn. When we first arrived in Ecuador, I wore the famed Panama hat (actually made here.) While they [...]
How’s your internet? Depending on the country your internet might be good. Or it might be awful. More likely than not, it will be both slow and unstable. Why the Internet is Slow & Unstable There are a number of factors working against you. Power cuts: In many countries, the power grid is not very stable. It [...]
Travelers Rule #1: Don’t drink the water! Everyone knows about travelers’ diarrhea. It is one of the most common and most embarrassing travel-related illnesses. Between 30% to 70% of travelers are affected, depending on the destination and season. Bad water can cause even more serious problems than a couple days of diarrhea. Certain amoebas and [...]
In this post, you’ll learn how to get cheaper flights by beating the airlines at their own game. And yes. Cookies are involved. The airlines are playing a game. An unfair one. And it all comes down to cookies. How Airlines Use Cookies to Charge You More All online businesses have tools in place to offer [...]
How do I choose good travel insurance? This is a question we get asked all the time. Which provider is best? How can I get coverage as a resident of Ecuador? Who covers Ecuador? I should note that we are not experts in travel insurance. But I’ve learned a lot since moving to Ecuador and [...]
Stable internet is always a concern. While the internet would go out once in a while in Canada, it was rare and for short periods of time. Living in Ecuador means that internet isn’t as stable as we were used to. In the past few years, we’ve had the internet cut for days at a [...]
When we moved here, we brought more than 60lbs of books in suitcases. They were a combination of work and schooling books. Most of my work books were actually photography books – it was one of the ways we planned on making a living here. As it turns out, we didn’t become photographers – but photography [...]
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