We leave for Ecuador two weeks from Father's Day. I am getting excited to see the place that we may end up living for at least 6 months out of the year. Ecuador is the cheapest place in the world to retire, so we have heard. Property is very affordable, rents are less than $500/month, and living expenses are laughably cheap.
We are
planning to spend a month in Cotacachi, in a condo we rented for $650
for the entire month and that includes utilities and internet access.
Our friends Bill and Verda are joining us, so our share is just $325.
Can you beat that anywhere?
We have been trying to
figure out how we are going to live with a limited income once Charlie
and Katie are in school. We have researched places to retire and it
appears you can live quite well on $800/month in Ecuador. So we would have enough spare cash to still travel a bit. We'll check it out and see. I'm worried about missing the NBA playoffs, the Masters, the French Open, and the NCAA March Madness - but they have Direct TV, so maybe we can still have access to all those events that I'm addicted to.
Health care is reported to be excellent and a visit to the doctor costs $10.00. A beer is $1.00, and you can have an excellent meal in a nice restaurant for about $8.00. Sounds too good to be true.
Watch for a report when we return.
