Help! We're Trapped in Salt Lake City!

cccmedia wrote:

Joan and her husband ("Father Tom") have been married five years and want to get out of Salt Lake City.

The Home Office has been discouraging extended dialogs on the New Members thread lately, and that's why this separate thread was started.

Since the Original Post above, Father Tom posted on New Members, asking about Cuenca's altitude and any "things we need to do now" before an exploratory visit to Ecuador.

Yes, Cuenca's altitude is more than 8,000 feet above sea level.  And not everybody thrives at low-oxygen altitude.  This is one reason why many Expats prefer to live at the EC Pacific Coast.  At altitudes of Cuenca's level and higher, exertion in activities such as walking uphill or even light exercise can be exhausting almost immediately for some folks.  Others' systems adapt after a week or two, and they do well. 

Consider a side-trip to Bahia de Caraques and Salinas on the coast as a back-up plan.  These are some of the popular coastal cities for North American Expats.

As for things to do before the trip:   make sure your passports are good for at least six months AFTER the travel period....learn more Spanish...and get familiar with Ecuador through reading Expat.com, other EC-related websites and a Lonely Planet or other EC guidebook.

cccmedia in Quito

cccmedia wrote:

They haven't visited EC yet but  have been working on a travel itinerary SLC-MIA-UIO-CUE....

In addition to Miami,  Atlanta and Houston are U.S. hubs for Ecuador flight connections.

Visit cheapoair.com to search flight itineraries and fares.

cccmedia in Quito