Single sixties guy leaving Kerrville, Texas for Cuenca Decemberish; three month scouting trip; find a First Year Apartment, etc. Then send for the dishes. May I ask a couple of questions?
Getting There: Anyone have any intel on preferred US departure cities? Or airlines? Looks like the route is San Antonio/Miami/Quito/Cuenca. Or San Antonio/New York, etc. Perhaps LAX? Any reason to choose one vs another? Is LAN good? (Safe.)
Is the Quito/Cuenca leg a bus? or a plane?
Tentatively plan to carry 90-days worth of clothes and have in the baggage hold of the plane a 100# crate of books, kettlebell, etc. Is the cost (or another consideration) so prohibitive that I should forget the crate?
Living There: The quite-stylish Cuenca CD convinced me I could find a serviceable, clean furnished 1BDR apartment for maybe $350 per month, and that a total monthly budget of, say, $1600 would provide a pretty nice lifesyle. Yeah, I know, one guy's nice is another guy's scruffy...but is that reasonable?
Will buy an adult beverage of your choice at the venue of your choice if you reply.
Dick