Barrios of Cotacachi

From: Dan Delgado By Dan Delgado for the Communications Committee for English-speaking Residents of Cotacachi  We have been able to obtain from the Municipality, a map of the city of Cotacachi showing delineations of the barrios. The file attached has better definition. Map of Barrio Lines Cotacachi City We added some street names to the map for reference, as the labels on the… Read More

Security Workshop – Cotacachi

From: Dan Delgado By Dan Delgado for the Communications Committee for English-speaking residents of Cotacachi I spoke with Jefe Politico Ronny Moreno Saturday afternoon and he offered to set up a security workshop specifically for English-speaking residents in the El Batan Indigenous community. He said that New Residents in Indigenous areas, and almost anywhere outside town limits, also may not realize… Read More

Seafood in Cotacachi

From: Bocaditos No Tipicos <bocaditosnotipicos@gmail.com> Good morning, In case anyone likes marisco (seafoods), a friend of ours who sells fish in the main indoor market, Jatuk Cem, by the Bus Terminal has been bringing in fresh new seafood products of very good quality. Her name is Rosario and she asked me to let everyone know that she just brought shucked baby… Read More

Bailoterapia (dance aerobics)

If anyone would like to burn off some holiday gains or just get their heart pumping for the fun of it there is a local Bailoterapia (aerobics) class that meets for an hour every morning at 7:30 and every night at 7:30. It’s on Pedro Moncayo about a quarter block south of Diez de Agosto (direction of the public hospital).… Read More

You, the sun & skin cancer

According to articles in several newspapers, such as El Norte, on September 25th, Skin Cancer has increased more than 65 per cent among men and 41 per cent among women since the late 1980s according to Patricia Cueva, Director of the national registry of tumors of Ecuador. Ronnie Nader, director of the Ecuadorian Civil Space Agency (EXA), warns that Ecuadorians… Read More

Map of Cotacachi

From Dan & June: This map might be helpful. We adapted it from a Cotacachi tourism department map that Dan has been helping to develop. Dan Delgado for the Communications Committee for English-speaking residents of Cotacachi