Ecuador, here we come!

So, a lot has happened in the last two months.  I quit my job.  I said goodbye to Chicago.  I started my own online English teaching business (with the help of Dan designing my website).  I got stuck in a blizzard in the middle of Pennsylvania.  And I packed up all my belongings into a backpack, and booked a one-way ticket to Ecuador with Dan.  Gosh, it seems crazy when I write it out.  Then again, maybe it is…

I’m traveling once again so my blog will be updated regularly.  For some reason I only think my life is interesting enough to write about when I am traveling.

Our flight leaves today at 5:35pm.  I could choose any place in the world to move to, so how did I make up my extremely indecisive mind?  I’m glad you asked. 

My primary goal is to learn Spanish and to live somewhere inexpensive, so my choices were quickly narrowed down to South American countries.  From there, I relied upon Google.  My Google searches were phrases such as, “Cheap places to live in South America,” “Best surfing towns in South America,” “Best beaches in South America”…And one place seemed to match up quite well: Canoa, Ecuador, a small fishing village on the coast of Ecuador, about 7 hours west of Quito (the nearest airport).

According to Internet sources (which oddly haven’t been updated since 2007), Canoa is a peaceful village where you can go fishing, surfing, hang gliding, mountain biking or horseback riding.  All while living in an apartment on the beach for $350 a month (split with Dan!) and eating seafood dinners for $1.50.  The weather varies from 70 to 90 degrees all year long.  How had I not known that places like this exist? 

It seems too good to be true.   We’ll see if it is.