RE: My time in Ecuador – A travel report – part 2 (EN/ES) | Mi tiempo en Ecuador – Un informe de viaje – parte 2 (EN/ES)
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Oh if it was so easy. That is 21 years ago now and I never made it back. If money was not the problem, I'd say we meet in a week...
Spoiler: Never made it to Cotacachi. But that's (sadly no) story of the next parts. 😁
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Oh okay - 21 years ago. That's a long time. I live here for 11 years now, so your posts will be an interesting glimpse into the past.
I think so, they are also a memory trip for me, spend the whole weekend in Ecuador in my mind. I think things are different now, less nature, more violence. Hope I'm wrong, please correct me.
Also that's why I joined Hive Ecuador, want to get up to date.
Unfortunately, that's true. Ecuador has changed, has been changing since I arrived. Some things for the better, but a lot of them not so much. As Expats or tourists, we still have not so much contact with the violence and suffering that the drug gangs are causing, but we see it on the news. And unfortunately, it's a vicious circle - tourism went down during 2020, gangs gained ground due to lack of work. That caused violence to go up, making tourism go down, and so on.
And the government does not offer solutions, neither are they able to regain control, nor to just handle the day-to-day matters like electricity and regular functioning of the parts of the economy that are not affected yet.
But I've lived through many things here, and am mostly prepared for anything now. So I can still enjoy life, and so can many others 🙃
Really sad. That confirms my view from afar. Not only the gangs, but also the overexploitation of nature has increased. I hope that the vicious circle can somehow be broken.