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 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 [...]
Before we moved to Ecuador, we spent a lot of money on books and courses to learn Spanish. I wish we would have had this course before we moved! I just finished listening to the audio version of Speak From Day 1 – a language hacking guide. I really liked it, it was motivational and made me [...]
As we planned our moved to Ecuador we bought a lot of books. Not just books to learn Spanish or books about becoming expats. Once we decided on Ecuador, we were hungry for information about what was actually there (here). Thinking about Ecuador retirement? Check out this list of the top books about retirement in Ecuador. We wanted [...]
There is no shortage of books on travel, language and making money. The problem is that many of them are speculative. Have the authors actually done it themselves? Do their methods actually work? The best way to learn is to learn from the people actually doing it. You’ll get practical advice that works in the [...]
Despite Ecuador being a Spanish country, we are asked if it’s necessary to learn Spanish before moving. The short answer is: “No, you don’t have to learn before you move.” We didn’t and we got by fine. But if you do learn Spanish (even in a basic form) before you move, life will be much easier. And [...]
As a travelers and expats we get to see lots of great new things. Since moving to Ecuador, our photography has significantly improved – we’ve taken more than 15,000 photos since arriving two years ago. Sometimes we travel with our large dSLR cameras – other times just a simple point and shoot. Really depends on [...]
Okay, so I’ve never taught English overseas. It is something we talked about, even something we planned on doing when we first arrived in Ecuador. But it just never happened. So why feature this book? Well, it’s still an awesome idea. If you are planning on moving abroad, but not quite sure how to fund [...]
We get lots of questions about making money while traveling and living abroad. Nomadic Matt, (our friend and fellow travel blogger) has a great book, that really helped us: How to Make Money with Your Travel Blog Does he know what he’s talking about? Well, he currently makes over $4000 per month on his travel [...]
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