| Your list of cheap places to retire should include | | | | Cotacachi is a town that is catching on with |
| Ecuador if really cheap is what you want. Living in | | | | expats...and the town where the $600 per month |
| Ecuador can be done for $1,000 a month. I have | | | | figure is reported. At 7,800 feet expect |
| heard stories of $600 a month; I am more | | | | temperatures to be 70s during the day and 40s at |
| comfortable saying $1,000. Any way you slice it that's | | | | night. With little pollution the sun is very bright and |
| cheap. | | | | the view of the stars is like being on a boat in the |
| The currency is familiar to Americans...it is the US | | | | middle of the ocean. The town itself is very clean |
| dollar. | | | | and very safe, |
| Because Ecuador lies on the Equator and the Andes | | | | One of the reasons Ecuador is so cheap is the cost |
| splits the country north to south, you can choose | | | | of public transportation. Most expats take buses and |
| your climate. Living in Quito for instance which is at | | | | taxis. A twenty minute bus ride is a quarter. Lunch at |
| 9000 feet elevation and has spring like temperatures | | | | the market about a buck. Folks that is cheap. |
| year round. Quito is considered to be one of the | | | | If you decide to build a home you can expect to pay |
| most beautiful cities in all South America. | | | | about $30 a square foot in construction costs. Folks |
| You want beaches; you have lots to choose | | | | that is cheap. Having said that it is always better to |
| from...Manta and Salinas being some of the most | | | | rent first, that is the prudent way to approach living |
| popular beach towns. | | | | in any foreign country. |