This is the only country in South America that does not grow coca altho
there is some transit it is pretty peaceful...what has happened in Mexico
is horrible and some think it is because so many fathers are in the US
working illegally that their families are broken and the kids are choosing
gangs. I think it is simply peoverty and until the multi nationals stop
strangling people it won't be fixed.

On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:10:58 -0500, Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Sounds really nice. :)  I know quite a few people who retired to Mexico
but
> they have all moved back to the US because of the drug wars.  It's too
bad
> that the country has become hostage to these horrible criminals.
> 
> Kat
> 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> It's not that big but more are coming all the time. It is so far easy
to
>> adapt but then I am still in the honeymoon phase. Some people come and
>> then
>> decide to leave, some come just to escape the harsh winters. The good
>> thing
>> about the expats is that we have one huge thing in common we decided to
>> leave our country. Some are tea party and hate the government but one
of
>> my
>> draws was that I like the government and many people like me came as
>> well.
>> There are a lot of interesting things to do like take Spanish (I am
>> really
>> a bad student and worried about my ability to learn a new language as I
>> have some memory problems but will resume when I get back from the
>> states.)
>> and I have joined a writers group and am playing bridge again. There
are
>> cooking classes and one specifically for chocolate. With the internet I
>> can
>> get Democracy Now and English TV. I don't have a TV down here yet but
may
>> get one. Many of the movies are in English with subtitles and the same
>> for
>> TV so that could help you learn.
>> I chose the Andes and at the equator I am at over 7000 feet but it is
>> just
>> right, cool at night and warm during the day kind of like bay area
>> weather
>> without the fog. It is the 3rd largest city in Ecuador with about
400,000
>> people, large enough to have good health care but small enough to be
very
>> livable. The people are very friendly, kind and helpful. Over 30% of
the
>> people have spent some time in the states so nearly every family has
>> relatives in either Queens or Miami and they love to practice English.
I
>> am
>> often invited to the country as many people escape the city on
weekends.
>> I think I roasted my first real organic chicken (most of the food is
>> organic and the water is safe to drink from the tap). It makes me think
>> all
>> of our chickens even the organic ones have osteoporosis because this
one
>> the ligaments and bones were very difficult to pull apart although the
>> meat
>> was succulent.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:41:16 -0500, Kathleen Salkin
<[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> > How large is the expat community down there, Linda?  Are there a lot
of
>> > Americans and English people where you are?  I should think that if
you
>> > didn't speak Spanish, it might be more difficult for some than others
>> > to
>> > adapt.
>> >
>> > Kat
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:14 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Tamar,
>> >>
>> >> I know I think about that and have not totally checked into it. It
>> would
>> >> definitely be more challenging than the states. They certainly sell
>> >> chairs
>>
>> >
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