Why dont you go back mfks to your criminal country.

The only thing this f* gringos brought to Cuenca was their f* desire for drugs Why don't you leave where you came from? Cuenca was a paradise before them.

Cool

So that era where you were "complaining" about stuff gave birth to your philosophy of accepting what is <3

So fun to listen to this again.

Ahh, Gerardo, how lovely to have this visit with you, We spent many wonderful times together in Cuenca and Vilcabamba in the 90's. This is a very special person!

I hope she learned the language and made an effort to make Ecuadorian friends. After three and a half years it is inexcusable not to better integrate. This kind of entitlement is why foreigners can't stomach Americans.

I wonder how dated this interview is considering it's TEN years old.

I hope they still have their restaurant there in Vilcabamba.

Skip and I were very good friends in college. It was great to see this legacy piece. The moral of the story is stay in touch with your old buddies…I always meant to look him up. A great guy.

entitled americans wanting to drive and eat beef. they probably should stay and fight for more socialism in the US rather than taking advantage of socialism when they want to retire early. very revealing interview. the biggest problem with ecuador is the expats it seems.

Where are U now?

Once you live in Mexico and go back to the the states, your like a homing pigeon, you will return, attacking you, more like you will be attack on the dangerous streets of the U.S., A Tijuana Mexican police help me changed a tire and drove me to a tire store, so I could buy another one

Hopefully she didn't go back to Oz... it's a literal prison (again) today. Sad.

What is the name of the beautiful hotel you mentioned?

I' am born in Malvito.

Her straight talk is what made NJ great, this is what real fine citizens look and sound like.

Gerard’s perspectives are fantastic. Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview! 🙏🏻

This gentleman from Las Vegas is my favorite ex-pat so far. What a wonderful man☺️

“If you speak Spanish it opens things up 100%.” Really? If you move to a foreign country they speak their native language, who knew. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤫

She's so real !

So nice seeing this video. Spent many am hour there , with these greats

It's not just North Americans who feel everybody should speak English. When I was backpacking South America, all the Europeans were soooooo upset that none of the local population spoke English. Europeans felt that they'd spent so much time learning what they considered to be a 'lingua franca' that it was an affront to them that the local people hadn't met them 'half way.'

10% of expats try to learn Spanish. What a sad statistic but totally makes sense. The sad thing is that you really cut yourself off from full sensory experience of the world if you decide not to pick up the language.

(Please )....What is the name of that song and guitarist 🎸 playing it..?.What a great song 💃...

It's fascinating to me the way some Americans think. Here is a guy that seems like a great guy, good head on his shoulders and he's worked his whole life. Salt of the earth they used to say. Worked hard all his life. Put his freaking life on the line everyday to protect us and to provide for his family and now he can't afford health care. And that is a damn shame. It shouldn't' be like that. But when someone does something to try and fix it (it's not perfect) he's been told by whatever news outlets or people he listens to that he shouldn't like "Obamacare'. So instead he moves to a country WITH SOCIALIZED MEDICINE and speaks about how wonderful it is. Sorry to harp on what was such a small part of the interview. This was a great watch. He seems like a very nice man and I wish him all the best in Ecuador. Thank you for making these videos. I really do enjoy them.

WELCOME TO MEXICO JERRY.😃

The music is too loud and the audio is too low.

Great interview! Loved her honest unbiased answers

Ecuador is misspelled in the video title.

I really do not believe most of the stories of Expatriate that have moved to South and Central America. I was born in Guayaquill Ecuador in 1942 , I was too young and it was a different world then. But now being a US citizen I would never move to Ecuador ,Argentina or any other Country, my life is in America and that's where I will die.Today is a horrible life there, I think most of these Expatriates are doing this for money and have no intentions of leaving the US. But....that's my opinion!

Fuck mexico

Brilliantly stated Cork!

Damn would love to leave washington state and move there omg lol

great lady

the restaurant closed for whatever reason. was disappointed to see that.

seems to have figured out something that works for him. nice stories to hear. though sometimes it's hard that expats say such negative stuff about their original country.

I wonder if she'll ever learn to commit to anything... 🤯

Such a lovely woman! A great interview. Thank you!

I am moving to Ecuador in a few months and cant wait.. I have done 20 years of solid research and speak Intermediate Spanish learning more every day.. I seek no comforts of America going there and am glad to get away from it all. I am also learning Kichwa sxo I can speak w the older Generation of Indigenous peoples.. If you dont want to do that and just going for the economical reasons you should stay in the USA as you will NOT be happy there at all.. Americans are in general ignorant as hell when it comes to other countries .. Unfortunately there are many in Cuenca who are spoiling the fun for others!

My friend just rented a 5 BR gorgeous house in the Loja area for 250 a month.. another lives in Turi above Cuenca for 120 a month in a beautiful 3 BR house w Garden.. This is in 2019 !

I'm from Tampa Bay area in FL, and will be visiting Cuenca in October. I'm interested in a Meetup with a group of people while there, so I can better see if I want to move to Cuenca. Is GringoTree??the best way to contact ex-pats and get current info.?

Bienvenidos..

I was raised in Stillwater, not to far from Tulsa.

Love your video Tha m you very nice place

Okay great video but the interviewer keeps calling it “overseas”... Mexico is a drive away without leaving the road so.... if there isn’t a sea to travel to get there it’s not “overseas”. Just one of those things that I noticed. 🤔🤔😂😉

Wow so Beautiful 😍 Mexico 🇲🇽

Luv, luv, luv her for telling it like it is ! Especially the dog story; Dog Lady should take her plate of food, scoot on into her doggie's house and eat tbere!

American been brainwash for decade to much fox news , about latin America, usa is more dangerous than latin America

Wow, we need to start vetting the expats to weed the bad ones out.