The TRUTH about Living in Ecuador | A Foreigner's Point of View

The truth about living in Ecuador | A foreigner's point of view
An U.S. foreigner's perspective on living in Ecuador (Ecuadorian food, culture, people, language, etc.) Living in Ecuador vs living in the United States.
Comment below things you love about life in Ecuador (Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Manta, Portoviejo, Eloy Alfaro, Quevedo, etc.)!
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[@ecuadorexpat8558]

I moved to Ecuador to Cuenca 4 mos ago and it was the best decision of my life

[@luisleon4363]

Jajajja when he said we pointed with our lips I laughed so HARD! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aflores0687]

The little bananas are called ‘oritos’. And by the way, we don’t say resaca; ‘chuchaqui’ is the word you’re looking for. Good description of my country however! 😎🇪🇨

[@desert_iron_123]

As an Ecuadorian-American, he passed the vibe check 🇪🇨🇺🇸✌🏼 and explained everything great!

[@giofranco6887]

I lived a year in Guayaquil and another year in Salinas. Encebollado is amazing to eat and montanita is a fun party town

[@danielarugel596]

Wow, this boy knows "real-life in Ecuador" and the truth surprises me because he has said things that not all tourists who come know, this boy has really lived the native of here.

[@jessasmrcd]

'They would not even have lunch cause they'll give it to you. It's all they had ' my people are amazing! No other like them.

[@alexacuna1490]

Ecuador it's a wonderful country and the people are very warm! Greetings from Peru. 🤓

[@good5743]

The best fast food in Guayaquil is try encebollado (fish soup) with cocacola

[@gel83]

Hillarious and honest. Just one correction, the hangover quichua is "chuchaqui", not resaca hahaha

[@NicoleLovesBTS]

This is the most accurate, rounded opinion about the lifestyle in Ecuador I've seen on this platform. Thank you for representing!

[@helenagarcia6649]

I'm from Guayaquil, very good description of my beloved country ❤ you made me miss it even more..

[@diegoleon3122]

If somebody wants to visit Ecuador I would love to meet people from different cultures and show my culture from this beautiful country we call Ecuador ❤️

[@chrisdelgado3530]

Thank you sir. Very honest and respectful. Next time try to visit the countryside Manabi and hang out in Manta/Montecristi. You will enjoy the beach tropical areas in Manta. In Montecristi is more suburban, hang out for a bit at the Plaza.

[@el.don1975]

I moved to Bahia de Caraquez. Best decision I made in my life.

[@ArqHPA]

You made me laugh a lot when you started speaking with a heavy "serrano" accent. I really enjoyed your video, dude. God bless.

[@AMH-AmericanHistoryII]

Excellent; fresh real food everywhere. 32 years in Guayaquil...and counting.

[@patriciopolanco3956]

Congratulations. Great explanation of Ecuador and its generous and very humble people.

[@giannaandrade373]

Summary: Ecuador means bananas and bananas means Ecuador. (:

[@gladsm9435]

Thank you for your honesty re my homeland!...Yes, its people have a big heart!!...and I'm glad to hear that they treated you great as they are!!!

[@brice5542]

Well said young man, have lived in Cambodia, Thailand, little time in Panama and Cuba. People are people all over the world IMHO. Thank you. Pop's

[@Sebastian-jd8zy]

Hermosa entrevista y sinceras declaraciones, claro esta que mi pais tiene mucho mas que exibir aparte de su gente, su cultura y costumbres. La naturaleza, sus nevados: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Ilinizas, Altar y muchos mas. Rios: Guayas, Napo, Pastaza, Upano, Zamora, etc.. Iglesias y conventos del siglo XVII. La convivenia en comunidades indigenas: Otavalos, Saraguros, Quechuas, Shuar, Achuar, Colorados, etc. etc. Lagos y lagunas naturales, valles El Chota, Vilcabamba. Se necesita mas de un año al menos para visitarlos. Uds. jovenes que vienen con la palabra de Dios, veran este pequeño pais como la sucursal del Eden. Que Dios siempre los proteja y acompañe en sus misiones.

[@michelleencalada3545]

I loved how you described my country! Made me laugh so hard jajajajajajaja Greetings!

[@SrPoque]

I'm Ecuadorian. Those are not "fried bananas", those are fried PLANTAINS. Good video!

[@artemischo3500]

He's quite informative. We had watched this video almost 3 months ago, just getting an idea of various countries. Now that we are in Ecuador and have experienced it for almost 3 weeks, his message has a LOT more in it that we can compare with our personal experiences. Thanks for this!

[@elizabethschell3603]

Ecuador 🇪🇨 is beautiful ♥️

[@malenadenaranjo]

Thank you for sharing all your experiences from our beautiful Country!!! I’m glad you enjoyed!!! Everyone is welcome to visit us! 🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🙌💛💙❤️

[@alexandrak3241]

Quito churches so old and amazing. From 14th and 15th century.

[@isamarner3818]

me aparecio en mi recomendado, y no me arrepiento de ver el video. he vivido en ecuador casi toda mi vida ! me alegra escuchar tu opinion sobre mi pais

[@ruthnavarrete602]

Yes .My lovely country is strong and faithfull we know God has our backs🙂Thats why we are so blessed

[@ricardodiazmurrieta1691]

Banana = guineo, verde, maduro, orito... That's my country!💕🇪🇨

[@jheimyjironza8383]

He looks like he guy who denied me my visa 😂😂

[@francescopennabaum8695]

If there was someone I am willing to hear an honest comment, it will be from this guy. He really knows his subject when he talks about Ecuador. Wow!!! Very admirable. Keep up with the honest talks. You really said it as it is about Ecuador.

[@francescopennabaum8695]

What is your religious believe?

[@jessand01]

I'm glad you enjoyed living in Ecuador. Thank you for all the positive comments.

[@jsphat81]

Very good analysis of my country! You seem like a guy with lots of common sense. I’m glad you addressed the good as well as the bad about Ecuador. Many foreigners get turned off by the high crime in the country and just forget how beautiful and diverse Ecuador really is. Thank you for covering all the bases and hope you continue to enjoy my country! 🇪🇨

[@ianalvarez9428]

Finally, someone who speaks English saying Bacan

[@DanielGarcia-eo7fy]

Hey i am from ecuador , and all the things which he is telling are true, i'm from buenafe just next to quevedo!

[@paulasanchez6299]

This warmed my heart I really love my country we have so much work to do in order to be a better country but its beautiful and we have a lot of potential

[@dianefogel8602]

the little bananas are called oritos

[@billieame]

LOL. As an Ecuadorian who lived in the US for 5 years, I can say this is very accurate.

[@nflores328]

The thing about criminals and drug dealers respecting missionaries and people from their neighborhood is so on point...

[@justalmito]

Beautiful video, im glad you liked Ecuador. 💕 theres just so many things to see here and i love how you described my country, the food, the culture the way we speak. Thank you for visiting and i hope you will visit again some day ☺️

[@bienes_raices_pro_ec]

Thanks for appreciating my country. It is a beautiful land with wonderful people. I'm so glad your experience there was great.

[@PendragonPrimero]

As an ecuadorian boy I can say that every word he say is true, also bananas are everywhere (•‿•)

[@wcoyazo-05]

Wow!! Thank you for those good coments about my Country 😍🥰😇 you are my ídolo 💓 🥺 I'm missing my country on a crazy way...I love all you have said about my beautiful country. Thank you so much.... 😢🥺🥰😍😘😘🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨

[@marielapembridge4014]

Watching this video made me miss my country 🥺😭

[@Turkeebutt]

Really thinking about retiring there and have wondered about the church's presence. Thank you for sharing.

[@thesimpledimplelife9293]

So happy to hear so many good things about my home :)

[@hump1953]

Pacific coast of Ecuador is beautiful...

[@domefun3699]

I litteraly cannot eat my breakfast without a banana

[@marinelastone7302]

Glad you ❤Ecuador

[@katherinesm3704]

5:05 those little bananas are called "oritos" like "little gold" 💛💙❤️

[@johnnymartinez3156]

I just found out that I'm half Ecuadorian

[@mikej1385]

Peace for Ecuador 💛💙❤

[@wagnerrizzo4013]

Ecuador es muy hermoso, the country of the four worlds🏝, 🏖,🗻and🏞.

[@DSMCCrix]

Encebollado is the ecuadorian ramen.

[@madmanbob6744]

I’m going to Ecuador In May! I’m very excited

[@allysonaleman7166]

This is lovely, you said so many things and thank you very much for this video. The local food everywhere in my country is delicious. Ecuadorians are like that every corner of the country, they give you what they have even if they don't have enough.

[@sararose9443]

I really wanna visit

[@davidgrimm4063]

my friend, you are describing the coast area mostly, and not everyone in the mountain range has that heavy accent, other areas the spanish is really clear for example in loja our spanish is the most clear spanish in ecuador, and organized crime like the latin kings are sparcely in the coast

[@francescopennabaum8695]

Thank you for this awsome video. you speak from your heart and honesty. We Americans usually visit countries and the first thing we talk about is all the negative issues. In America we have tons of negative issues and we do no talk about. Thank you again.

[@julieortiz1406]

Pretty accurate, except maybe you meant they eat fried plantains??? Frying ripe bananas is not easy. But fried yuca now, that is good!

[@pabloperez3060]

It’s really good to heard about my country, is like he told us about the goods and the bad things of the country, you literally reminded me why I love to live here, thank you body!, I’m proud of your travel

[@ruthandrade822]

You are the only one who talk about Ecuador with honesty and grateful.

[@karolinarecalde513]

I’m so proud to be Ecuadorian ❤️🇪🇨

[@andreitalanegrita]

You must visit Loja - Ecuador, and eat our typical food. You will like it. Good video. 🙂

[@ivannainiguez3452]

GUUAPOOOO u.u ♡♡ it's great that you had a lot of fun and liked living in here 🥺💕

[@gull5604]

Ojalá vuelva pronto ... ♥

[@karlapark8085]

I miss Ecuador 😔😔😔

[@vanessamarin5874]

Le gusta las bananas porque en casi todo el video ha hablado de ellas. Aww, que lindo que haya pasado un buen tiempo en el país. Espero regrese ^^

[@eduardojijon8224]

As an Ecuadorian. He really gets it

[@JoseDuran-yc3gj]

I like your Spanish pronunciation! Bravo!

[@danielmedrano1148]

Todo lo que dice es cierto. Everything he says its true.

[@marvinperez3314]

Great video. I visited Ecuador, you covered it well Great job thanks for sharing this 👏 👍

[@conferenceclips4940]

What is it like for a person from the North to have the sun directly overhead?

[@pjbxxi666]

The word for hangover is Chuchaqui, Resaca is used all over Latin America.

[@jenivelez5158]

It is very nice to see others talking about how my country loved the video and I was traumatized because it said a lot of bananas jajaja

[@EE-rz8gz]

Agree !! We love bananas in all kinds 👏👏👌

[@cookiecracker6266]

I am Ecuadorian and live in the US. I am also a Spanish Teacher and I am from LA SIERRA. It's funny because the people from La Sierra have a hard time understanding people from the Coast because they talk so fast and blend in all the words together. This is the first time I hear someone saying that is harder to understand someone from La Sierra.

[@gundula285714]

Very interesting and mostly accurate description of some places of my country, specially Guayaquil. True, we are very hospitable and open with foreigners. About our food, I see that you don't mention our delicious shirimp, for example, and very menay other foods and fruits. Our food is very varied because of the differente climates. We don't eat as much bananas in Quito as in the coast. You have to taste our potato soup or or potato tortillas. In the Andean region, our way of speaking is influenced by Kichwa, a very beautiful native language (one of the 17 native languages in Ecuador). By the way, "chevere" comes from Caribbean slang, and "bacán" from "lunfardo", an Argentinean slang. The word "resaca" comes from Colombian slang, not from any native language, and our word for "hangover" is "chuchaqui". Welcome to Ecuador, come back as soon as the pandemia is over!

[@jennysalcedo9671]

Iam Ecuadorian,I glad for your interest and all the the information It a beautiful country and the people. Thank God I have beautiful and caring family So we are your friends too . Hope some day we meet !

[@zoilarosero9404]

Greetings from New York. My country Ecuador, is very beautiful.

[@jpx5044]

bacan my brother

[@royyager7035]

You right man !!!

[@Lunakeni593]

Ecuador is amazing 🇪🇨

[@ginacajas952]

He is so cute, he said arroz con pollo is a stir fry. lol

[@JK-vb6ju]

I'm thinking about moving to Ecuador and retire find a wife and have kids and be happy

[@DeguexR]

Cool

[@moonloayza]

Im from Ecuador :)

[@joseluismorales6155]

I am from Ecuador and all of this is very true. I love my country it is amazing

[@sabrinatenney]

Very interesting!

[@sandramaher4243]

Thank you, I really enjoyed your video, very good and helpful information, we are thinking of ,moving there, some of our friends who moved to Turkey as need -greaters are now moving to Cotacachi after much prayer, they speak Spanish fluently, are you still there? If so and you would be so kind please send me some information or advice ( whatever you think would be helpful) about the coastal areas, near Quinta I would definately go as a need greater, Thank you, NC

[@ariana1798]

Ecuador is such a nice country but the government kinda sucks, I'm Ecuadorian btw

[@Cristina-mt9uf]

Bienvenidos a mi bello país Ecuador!!! Es un paraíso!! 😊

[@andreagarcia2059]

I feel proud of myself bc i understand what he say :D

[@antoniocedeno758]

Nice video hello from Philly

[@amorypeace]

Good descripcion of my beautiful country❤️ your Spanish pronunciation is very good👌

[@mariatauriz3090]

Pon subtítulos español

[@quranreader7616]

gracias

[@truthexposed839]

Lol the lip Part ( I’m native my fam is from there)