Hello and thank you for reading this.
My wife and I are very interested in moving abroad. We have two children, 4yo and 1yo daughters, and although we have never lived abroad, feel the experience would enrich our lives as well as those of our children.
We recently were told about Ecuador by work friends and from the research I have done, it looks like a very interesting, beautiful, cultural place to live.
Our plan is to move to a spanish speaking country (my wife speaks spanish, so this would help) so me and the kids can learn the language. We would like to live in a relatively populated area where would really get the feel of a new culture but also have some of the amenities of home to start off.
Our particular interest and reason for this forum is to learn about locations that would be good in Ecuador for children, how others have dealt with moving to Ecuador with kids. We will probably have between $1,000 and $1,500 monthly budget, would like to find odd jobs or perhaps volunteering while taking spanish classes. My wife is a PA in the US and would like to find some sort of medical position. It would also be nice to have some other expats to meet up with on occasion and I get the impression that this is not much of a problem in Ecuador.
Thank you again for reading. If you have taken the plunge and have any helpful advice on where and how to begin our research, I would greatly appreciate it.... for that matter, any info at all would be great
Craig