From: Russell Farquer (rwfarquer@hotmail.com) We have been traveling along the coast, spending some time in Olon (just about 1-1/2 miles north of Mantanita). Beautiful beach, friendly town, several good places to eat. The TERRACE INN, a new hostal/hotel, is extremely nice/comfortable. HOT water, air conditioning, Wi-Fi ; standard room, suites (standard room $50, suite $60 [2 full size beds +… Read More
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Massage Therapist (Cotacachi)
I highly recommend Sandra who worked at the La Mirage for many years. She is a very qualified massage therapist and also does manicures and pedicures. She will come to your home. Full body massage for one hour is $20 – pedicure/manicure together is $8. Make an appointment with her by calling 0989340090 Thank you Micky Enright
Medical Services – Prescriptions
Many people who are not here already or at the moment, want to know if they can get certain prescriptions and what the cost will be. For $5, I will go the the local pharmacy and if they don’t have it there, I will find out if they carry it in Ibarra: simply e-mail the name of the drug, its… Read More
Health related newsletter
Greetings! I have decided that I will be starting a heath related newsletter that will be entitled Cotacachi’s Health Matters. It will be available online to anyone and everyone, but its main audience will be the group of foreigners who have decided to make beautiful Cotacachi their home. For those of you who don’t know me, I worked for many… Read More
Spanish Language/Culture course
Hello everyone! A couple of weeks ago we invited Cotacachi expats to join us for a focus group with the University of Otavalo in order to plan classes addressing the need for the local expat community to learn Spanish and equip themselves with the necessary tools to live happily and securely in Ecuador. The March 4th Focus group meeting at… Read More
Nano sim cards for iPhone 5’s
Just wanted anyone who has an iPhone 5 to know nano sim cards are now available here in Ecuador. I got mine at Claro in Quito (QuiCentro Mall upstairs). If you need to talk to someone who speaks English…see David, he’s on the right-hand side as you walk in. Michael Alderman
Massage Therapist (Cotacachi)
I would like to recommend Rosario, a colombian girl who does great massages for $20 the 45 min. She does relaxing massage and she knows what she’s doing, she learned in a course she took in Quito from a teacher from Spain. She is very friendly and clean. She also does facials, treatments anti-aging. She is a certified nutritionist so… Read More
Tuesday Needlework Group
This week the Tuesday Needlework Group (tentatively named “Loose Stitches”) is meeting at Lucinda’s house on Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00. She lives in that lovely house directly across from Serendipity. Hope to see you there. For more information or to get on our mailing list, please contact cynthia.collett@gmail.com or call 099 355 1710.
Keep your phone number
FYI…….If you are especially attached to your phone number and your phone is ever lost or stolen, you can go to the Claro store in the Super Maxi Plaza in Ibarra (and I assume also the Movi store) and ask to purchase a chip with your previous number!!!!!!! This can eliminate a ton of problems as well as help to… Read More
Visa Process
The purpose of this email is to share with you some information about the time processing visas that it takes to obtain one. The goverment has always making improvements to their sistem and the process, of course sometime these so called improvements only cause more delays, but in any rate we believe is for the best. A normal time to… Read More