Expats Enjoy Low-Cost, High-Quality Healthcare In Ecuador

This article comes to us courtesy of InternationalLiving.com, the world's leading authority on how to live, work, invest, travel, and retire better overseas. Each morning Tennessee natives Bobby and Becca Vines are greeted by views of two stunning volcanoes. Small-town life in Cotacachi, Ecuador, is never dull, and the couple spends their days viewing international films, enjoying live music, and visiting with the locals. Bobby and Becca spent much of their lives devoted to educating Tennessee schoolchildren. But as retirement neared, the couple knew their teachers' pensions wouldn't be enough to allow them to continue living comfortably just outside Nashville. "We considered various U.S. locales, but we also decided to broaden our search to other countries. We read about Ecuador and started poking around the Internet. Then we thought, 'Let's see if we can do this,'" says Bobby. "We were in the midst of planning an exploratory trip when we received news that Becca's brother and his wife, who are missionaries, were being transferred from Bolivia to Ecuador's capital city of Quito," says Bobby. "It was really serendipitous," Becca says. Their initial exploration also became a small family reunion, and it didn't take the two long to realize that Ecuador--and, more specifically, Cotacachi--was the place for them. "Cotacachi is just so friendly it will spoil you," says Bobby. "I never think about the temperature anymore," he adds. "This mountain climate suits me fine, wher...
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