Mi Tio, a small grocery store across from the bus terminal, but heading toward the Amazones Market. We’ve been coming here for a while, buying our Snow Mints or Chao mints, as well as our almonds by the pound (which we now get from a spice shop). But then we started noticing how many tienda owners come here to stock… Read More
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How to renew your cedula
Special thanks for this information from Casa Luna Cotacachi RENEWAL OF YOUR CEDULA as a foreigner, DONE BY YOURSELF = ALL EASY !!! Just did the renovation of my cedula by myself: Fantastic experience !! If someone is interested, here the step by step „manual“: 1. To get the most important paper, the „Orden de Cedulación“ you make an online… Read More
Embargo Dates 2019 through January 2020
Coming to Quito this year – here are the latest embargo dates. Please double check with your carrier as this list was current as of today (3/6/19), but things change frequently. ALWAYS check with your carrier. AeroMexico – no published information https://aeromexico.com/en-us/travel-information/baggage/?site=us Air Canada – no published information https://www.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/plan/baggage/checked.html American Airlines – November 15, 2018 – January 13, 2019 (no fall… Read More
Quito – Banos
This just in from Quito Expats Hi everyone… just letting you know of a shuttle service with Go4Shuttle that is now running between Quito and Baños. Cost is $15 per perso, Monday to Saturday. It leaves Quito at 6.30am from the New town and 7am Old Town. It leaves Baños at 3pm. Reservations are required so make sure to contact… Read More
Transport from Quito ….
This from Expats in Quito – It’s finally here; for those interested to go to Cuenca, Loja, or Guayaquil, but can’t stand those inter-provincial buses with their eternally locked-bathrooms and especially, the lousy films you’re forced to hear whether you want to see them or not: EcuVanTur and Christland Service now offer clean “busetas” that depart daily, not from Quitumbe… Read More
Hospice Care – Quito
thanks to Mary Lawrence Grover for this information This is FYI information to be stored away for future reference. Today three of us went to the Hospice San Camilo (Hospice Center) in Quito to see their facility, to ask questions and to get their advice. MAGNIFICENT is not a good enough word to describe what they offer. Their center is… Read More
Quito Vegen & Vegetarian Restaurants
http://www.happygringo.com/blog/vegan-and-vegetarian-restaurants-quito/
Quito Airport-Carcelén Bus Service
Thanks to JULIE POWEL / JAMARA GRUBER THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018 Just an FYI about bus service from the Quito airport. There are buses now that go from the airport to the Carcelén terminal in north Quito, and vice versa. After you exit the airport baggage/customs area, you should see public transportation on the right. There are three buses: The… Read More
How long out of the country?
this question comes up frequently How long can a foreign citizen, resident in Ecuador, stay abroad, without losing their migratory status? Foreign citizens with temporary residence can leave the country 90 days in the first year and 90 in the second year. Foreign citizens with permanent residence can leave the country for 180 days in the first year and 180… Read More
Foreign Exchange
traveling somewhere and you need another currency? at the airport just preorder and pickup before your flight http://www.globalexchange.ec/indexen.html