I've been thinking about going to Ecuador. Looks pretty it's got beaches and got mountains and it's always 65°. And the sun goes up and down every 12 hours no seasons. I can't speak a shit bit of Spanish but does that really matter.
from two Canadians. If you don't speak Spanish, you will be isolated and locals will rob you because they think you are a rich foreigner.
They loved Equador so much, they decided to leave it after 18 months. First they settled on the coast of Equador in the village of San Jacinto. Then they moved south to Puerto Lopez. Then they moved to Girón, a small town in the mountains. After six more months they moved to Loja. So in 18 months they lived in four different places in Equador, in addition to traveling around Equador constantly on "vacations." Then? Guess what? Back to Canada ... because they loooooovvveeeed Equador so damn much.
Fucking flakes. And they're not even going back to where they came from. They lived on the East Coast of Canada, now they plan on living on the West Coast. Talk about rootless. These fuckers will be strangers wherever they go, because they will never stay in one place long enough to become locals. They didn't like living behind iron gates and barbed wire in Equador. But it was sooooooo wonderful! They loved it soooooo much! They just had to get the fuck away from it after 18 months.
To be honest I don't really care if I only talk to people who speak my language. I fumbled my way through Mexico when I was there a couple years ago. sure I said a bunch of stupid shit but I had Google translate on my phone which helped out a lot. Sure I couldn't talk to Hector who was sitting next to me at the bar who just wanted to shoot the shit about shitty tecate beer but I didn't care much. A lot of times a gringo would come to my rescue if I screwed up at the grocery store and forgot to bring my money and I had to explain to the cashier that I didn't bring enough money into the store. that was pretty embarrassing actually but that only happened once. you hear all the time about people moving to the southeast Asia and they don't speak the languages they just go. How is that any different? They had money, if you move from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island you're not poor by any means. I'm nowhere as rich as them that's for sure. I would probably stay in the big city. That way I have a better chance of becoming anonymous. I'm not a fan of cities at all but I would have the most resources to figure things out. This won't happen tomorrow by any means probably 5 to 7 years.
Belize is nice too , so I'm told
2nd biggest coral reef
I hear they speak English there. But it's terrible with mosquitoes.
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