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Appreciate the input from our Ecuadorean resident very much.
This is an article I was reading this morning….. wondered if it’s truly reflective of the mood on the ground.
“QUITO, Ecuador -- Not long after I posted my first picture from Quito on Facebook, the comment I was expecting came in: "Isn't Ecuador blowing up right now?"
Hardly, I thought, slightly amused as I sat in my room in the historical Casa Gangotena hotel here, listening to children gleefully chasing pigeons and puppies in the plaza outside my open window.
No, the recent eruption of cartel-related violence in the country's port city of Guayaquil isn't funny. But traveling last week in Ecuador's interior revealed a situation markedly different from the sensational headlines about the state of emergency that was declared after a cartel leader escaped from prison and his supporters seized temporary control of a Guayaquil television station three weeks ago.
While much of the country, which is unaccustomed to such brazen and public gang violence, went into a self-imposed lockdown and a few cruises were canceled or altered in the initial days after the attacks, life outside of Guayaquil last week felt just as safe and friendly as when I was here two years ago.
Quito's Old Town had the same serene vibe, with mestizo women lining the sidewalks to sell fresh fruits and vegetables; residents crowding in to get herbs and cleansing treatments from their favorite curanderas; and tourists and residents enjoying a sunny day in the park in front of the presidential palace.
To the south, in the city of Cuenca, Sunday crowds filled churches, outdoor markets and rooftop cafes. And come Monday morning, the streets were bustling with business as usual.
Noticeably missing: the military. While the president declared a state of emergency so he could call up soldiers to battle the gangs, there was little military presence outside of Guayaquil. And it was certainly nothing like the regular patrols one sees on Mexico's beaches and across that cartel-plagued country's resort towns.
In fact, during a week here in January hosted by Metropolitan Touring, traveling between Quito, the private rainforest reserve of Mashpi and Cuenca, I saw only two small groups of soldiers walking in Quito. And there was no visible military presence at either the Quito or Cuenca airports”
Thankyou DBW. An excellent ON TOPIC post! What a refreshing change from last night!
DBW, and there's me thinking the world had ended. Civil war, gangs roaming the streets murdering everyone in sight and a government overthrown by a drug baron. Oh, and we mustn't forget, Cascabel seized by Pablo Escobar's Ecuadorian cousin.
I think it's fair to say some people slightly over-reacted.
1984.
Do you have servants in your northern castle.
And armour and shields on the wall.
And a whole pig roasting on a spit.
I'm so envious, we have nothing like it here.
Bearing in mind how tech savy you are, I would love to see a picture, to show my family the landed gentry on here.
Even adikt can't oast a real lord In his list of supporters
Cheers DBW. Children and puppies….reminds me of a tale involving Quady
Come now Add, I know you have me in mind with your post re Ecuador 😆
If all was well in Ecuador, we wouldn't have drug Lords escaping prison, TV studios being taken over. So, think on lad!
Indeed I was, plus one or two others.
No one said all was well, but without doubt you over-reacted. Your posts were verging on the hysterical, so, as you put it; dream on lad.
Sorry Add, I have given up dreaming. Solg and its ceo has destroyed my ability to dream. No more dreams about yacht, sports car, and leggy redhead on my solg profit. Scott The Rocks Caldwell is a decimator of dreams.
One day, Rodders!
Talking of dreams, it's a pity we didn't all invest 20k in HE1 a few weeks back - we'd be sitting on a multi-million pound return.
Eloro. Reading your last quote made me chuckle and feel down in the same dialogue. Nooo. Stay positive. lol
The Peckham Spring episode was a classic!
I think I will be lucky to even get my money back, let alone make a profit. We are all going to become the Miss Havisham of investment. Waiting for our groom Solg to turn up, but alas the cad has done a runner! I just noticed that Cad, and Caldwell rhyme 😆
Not like the media/news fraternity to blow things out of proportion and sensationalise to sell their respective "Stories"
nice to hear from boots on the ground for a dose of reality
thanks for sharing DBW and atvb m8y
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BNC. I repeat my replyto adikt and his rose colour specs.
can you name many other countries that have a 60 day national curfew ln place.
because if unlike adikt, you take the time to do a bit of research, you will find that's what the ecuador
government has had to do, to stop civil unrest.
there the facts as they stand, no matter what some posters who stands to lose shirt tell us.