5 Things We LOVED About Vilcabamba Ecuador + 1 Interesting Observation (2019)
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- Amelia and JP VLOG 122: On our last day in Vilcabamba Ecuador, we decided to share the 5 things we loved plus one interesting observation about the people of Vilcabamba. It's a truly magical place and should be on your list of places to visit.
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Wonderful. Hope you have made it back for another lovely visit.
Hi, i live there 8 years now and the wet season is also enjoyable, it does not rain every day, in fact the last years have not been wet enough !! The windy season or dry season can be cooler and the wind can be a bit much sometimes..Generally the climate is super mild and nice...
We heard it has been much dryer during the wet season over the past few years. The weather is changing everywhere. We're planning a return during the wet season 👍
Amelia And JP - You just contradicted Amelia, she said you’re going back in the dry season. I know who wears the pants 👖 lol 😉🤡
Thank you for sharing! I hope to visit one day! In the meantime, HELLO from Seattle (Seattle used to be a very rainy city, but much sunnier now, too)! :)
AnashaSol Droxler happybto hear!
Do British people need a visa to go there like usa?
Un saludo cordial para. Amelia and
J. P. La verdad dos excelentes personas. Que hacen de su trabajo promocionar las cosas bellas que tiene. Ecuador.
Así se puede conocer a un país en particular. Ecuador que con apenas 275.000 km y una población inferior a la que tiene la. Ciudad de. México. Dan a conocer al mundo la bondades de. Ecuador. Gracias. Amelia and. J. P.
Felicidades y que. Ecuador los trate bien.
Muchas gracias! Ecuador es un buen país y nos encanta mucho!
Great place to start over❤
Just found this video and yes, Vilcabamba really stands out for being such an international cluster and having so many amazing food options from overseas and at the same time being a small picturesque town
International community and growing organic food, drinking clean spring water is kind of our goal so that's good to hear
Thanks to show to the whole world our great Loja's village Vilcabamba.
Vilcabamba😍😍😍
Great video. I heard that one of the astronaut of USA lived and died in Vilcabamba. He is buried in Vilcabamba's cemetery. He was Brian O'Leary.
Paradise
Agreed!
Oh, it's definitely not brutal in the rainy season. It rarely rains all day, often it's beautiful in the morning and the rain comes later in the day/night. Everything turns green, it's still warm, no dust on the dirt roads, truly the rainy season is a lovely time of year in Vilcabamba.
Great! We can't wait to visit then!
I want to go there when I retire in Cuenca
It's really beautiful there!
Gorgeous......!! Sounds amazing .... as usual.
Thanks! 😊
Another great video! The two of you are so cute together.
Hola!!!! Gracias por mostrar mi país con tanta pasión. Ecuador es bellísimo. Un país de gente buena y hermosos paisajes.
Me gusta ver sus vídeos porque así también me ayudan con mi Inglés. Thank you guys and God bless you!
Muchas gracias! 😊
Great video guys. Thanks.
Looks lovely!
I really enjoy watching the presentations from you two!!! Happiness LEAPS out from the screen......and that in itself is such a joy to behold!!! Many Blessings Upon Your Happy, Loving lives......I hope I run into your two someday in Ecuador!!! Bye from this American with 29 years in expat-ing in rural, Esaan Thailand!!! D
You guys are Great thanks
Thanks!
It's "Ooot and Aboot" JP. 😄 With love from Canada. 😉
LOL!
I liked, so much
Thanks! Glad you liked it! 😊
You are all welcome to visit our beautiful Vilcabamba! We will Welcome you with open arms and hearts! I love this video and hope to meet you next time you visit!
Welcome 🇪🇨
LOL - love you guys
I believe I was here. We went to that main square a lot to go out to eat!!!
This is definitely a city I would like to check out
Leave my Canucks alone 😂😂😂😂
Love your videos.
I like your videos everything 😀😀😜
Thanks!
Thank you never being there! Sounds really nice 👍
This place is definitely on my short list. Funny... I noticed the fireworks in Costa Rica several times for no apparent reason... PS... Love the bloopers... (o:
You two have the best videos, we really enjoy watching. Thank you for all the good information. Take care. I am on your Discord as Ron Setzer
Thank you Ron!
Thank you, @Amelia And JP!
Greetings from Colorado! 🌸🌲🌸
Vilcabamba looks beautiful, with such stunning scenery!
I'm new to your channel, (but binge-watching), and I haven't yet seen you talk about the wildlife of places you've been in Ecuador. Have you gone on any wildlife viewing tours? I guess that Ecuador has quite a few jaguars. Do they come into the towns, or do they avoid people?
I'm in Southern Colorado, and we occasionally get bears raiding the trashcans. i also did see a mountain lion walking right down the shoulder of I-25, one night on my way back from Denver. It was about 5 miles North of my house.
I'm excited to get to this area. I deal with ionized water
Amelia I love you smile! You both are a handsome people! Made for each other! Blessings from COOOOOLD IOWA! I HATE THIS weather ! For me here is only summer 31/2 months and the rest is WINTER! I’m a Mona from Ecuador ! That means I’m from the coast region! You should visit Riobamba! Near the Chimborazo! I went to nuns school there, lived inside with the nuns! Visit on April 21st! Parades and fiestas! Go to Ambato also the land of fruits and flowers! Enjoy Ecuador! I’m glad you like it! I do too!
It's good just to know you have a place you can go when it's the rainy season in Cuenca! I wonder why the rainy season is different...just the altitude? Glad you enjoyed yourselves so much!
I think it's a combination of altitude and different mountains. Not too far northwest of Vilca it's like a desert and east of Vilca it's a rainforest. It's a very diverse country.
Amelia And JP - Ecuador has very little desert compared to Peru and Chile which has endless miles of it. Our little country is an equatorial emerald! 🌹🌺🌈☀️🍌🥑🥭🌽
Amelia And JP - Eventually you can do videos in the Amazon. They have gorgeous lodges for foreigners with spectacular views and comforts. You definitely want to go there in the dry season, otherwise you’ll grow moss behind the ears. lol A virtual steam pot. 🌴🦜
UIn Ecuador every 175 meters high means one degree celcsus un temperatur
I love Amelia and JP, love to know they visited my province. Maybe you could make a video about Loja city in the future?
Loja is on our list of places to visit and video!
@@AmeliaAndJP Looking forward =)
Don’t be afraid to say it. Cuenca can be damn cold like Quito. If that’s not cold enough try Tulcan in the province of el Carchi, that’s freezing but has a beautiful cemetery that’s very well known.
Yes. It can be cold here. I miss the warmth!
Amelia And JP - it was over 90 degrees here in Florida today, and people in Ecuador call Guayaquil hot, they have no idea. I did a couple of things in the garden and came in soaked from perspiration. This would be hell on earth without air conditioning. I lived in Ibarra for one year and the weather was dry, warm and perfect, Otavalo nearby is cold like Quito or Cuenca with sunny days in the summer. Where on this planet can you choose climate according to altitude within a short distance? Vilcabamba is slightly higher than Denver without snow out the ying yang, can’t ask for better! 🌈
i got the pendant of the hummingbird earring that you have
Anklebones not heeeealing driving me insane... im going off the trails on the crazy train!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
So, the weather there isn't hot and humid? That makes me more likely to want to go. :)
It wasn't hot and humid when we were there, but it is warmer during the summer months - Dec to Feb.
It's winter here, which means I wear a sweater at night. Love it here!
*FACT: The relative humidity is high YEAR-ROUND everwhere in Ecuador*, including in the so-called coastal "deserts" in the southwest where rainfall is extremely low for about half the year. I've done countless searches on sites that provide meteorological data by city, and the lowest average relative humidity I've found for anyplace in Ecuador is 68% during the driest month of the year. I would really love to be proved wrong, but so far I haven't seen any data that does that.
Excellent! What is your take on Loja? Especially the weather.
We haven't spent any time in Loja so we can't say for sure. It's a lower altitude and warmer than Cuenca, but that's about all we know. We're planning to visit there for a week later this year or early next.
Hi guy's. I am from there. But I live in London. Right now.. I am studying English and working as well good Bey enjoy it. 😃😄😊
We loved Vilcabamba!
Where .are you living .now? 😃😉
Where .are you living .now? 😃😉
We live in Cuenca.
I know this is going back in time for your videos but I'd like to get your opinion, you have traveled all over Ecuador and seen what makes each part special, but focusing on Vilcabamba which I see as special because of its quaintness, size, & pristine beauty, and that's what makes it special, I also have seen this same quality where I have lived in places like Kauai, Hawaii and even Northern Michigan and with their special size and great vibe they were sold and bought over and over again and lose their special quality and became tourist sights and not the local economy but bought out by influential people. Everyone has the right to do what they want but the local people and the Shangri la quality of the little secluded Vilcabamba is online, being sold like a hustlers auction, It may make a lot of money for the developers and realtors but after it's been bought and sold where does the uniqueness go, what happens to the local lifestyle? So, what's the fate of the quaint unique little towns like Vilcabamba, Loja, and close mountain towns?
This was a helpful video. All I've heard about Vilcabamba is how dangerous it is for gringos. Have you heard anything about this? Your video makes it look like a lovely place... Thank you for challenging the fear for me!
We felt very safe there. It’s a small town and everyone knows everyone. I think gringos put out a lot of misinformation to scare people off. We received several nasty messages from gringos telling us to go away and stop filming. We don’t share that fear based scarcity mentality.
@@AmeliaAndJP thanks for your response! I experienced a lot of the fear mongering from gringos within Costa Rica before we moved here, but that hasn't reflected our experience here at all. Thanks for sharing your experience and offering a nice counterbalance to some of the other messaging.
You have to go visit my town Nabon
You're on the way to Loja from Cuenca. What is Nabon known for?
Good stuff! What about fitness? Any exercise parks or gyms? Transportation options?
We didn't see a lot of gyms in Vilca, but we weren't specifically look for them. There are lots of parks and trails for hiking. And lots of taxis and buses.
Hello Amelia and JP. This is Solon from Houston, and I want to ask about Vilcabamba's cost of living. I've begun my process of moving to Cuenca, Ecuador largely based on information from your's and Don Shader's information videos and I thank you very much. Is the cost of living in Vilcabamba lower than that of Cuenca's? Are their a lot of US expats their? Does it have nice apartments? Thank you, Solon (Greek name, sounds like "Soe-lun".)
I hike the mandango in 2018
Nice!
Hi Guys! Very curious about life in Ecuador. My hobby is recreational gold panning. Have you run across anyone enjoying this activity in your circle of friends?
We haven't heard of anyone doing that, but with all the mountain streams, I'd be shocked if no one is doing it.
A lot of artesinal miners have used mercury in the past, so that might be frowned on. Best to check on the permits required.
Amelia did you get a hair cut ? It really looks good !!!
This video is over 2 years old.
Like bloopers😂😁🤣
A Canadian...ouoot and abouooot🤔😄😄😄
Can I fly there for a visit, without the injection? Please answer to the best of your knowledge. I really want to visit this year.
would like to know would think it would be good in Ecuador
Still laughing at the bloopers! Just curious . . . how would you say the cost of living is in Vilcabamba v Cuenca?
We didn't do much shopping so we can't say much about the cost of living. The taxi minimum was $1.25 compared to Cuenca's $1.50. The food at restaurants was about the same as Cuenca, but we only ate in the gringo spots and they charge a little more than the local hangouts. We're going to stay in an AirBnB on our next trip so we can cook our own food. That'll give us a better idea of costs.
Amelia And JP - How about taking the children next time so they can warm their bones a little? 🦴🐶
Thank you ❤️ How is the homeless dogs and cats situation in that city?
Not bad. There has been a lot of effort over the past few years to help the strays.
did you guys have your teeth whitened , if so where? they look great
Sounds appealing but I’m already living in a quiet small town and I hate it! Cuenca is more feasible for me. I just have to buy a couple of ponchos, the one´s that look like carpets lol 😂 😬🤡
Got to say something nice. Beautiful video like always and the (anfitriones) spectacular, butt kiss, kiss 😘 lol
Awww... Thanks 😊
Amelia And JP 👼 😇
I live here in Cotacachi Ecuador and have lived here for 9 years. I went with my husband to visit his family in England. We visited the moors, beautiful, outrageous rolling hills and the seasides are to die for, sheep roaming about, wild horses that come right up to the cars and the pubs have the best food, the Sunday roasts that all restaurants serve are amazing. Now that's beauty, I find Ecuador to be a lot of cement, dry land and not much to do. England has so many things to do for retired couples, dancing, going to pubs meeting so many people, archery, lawn bowling, so many many things that they don't have here. If I could afford it, I would move there in a heart beat.
Emprende un negocio hay una oportunidad y trae aqui a Ecuador los pubs, los bolo,s el tiro con arco además de quejarte por la falta de dinero
OK, guys, I don't want to say this BUT----------
Look, the letter I is pronounced EE non euh.
I know you can appreciate that. Veelcabamba, right?
The vowels in spanish (vocales) are A like in father, E like eh in , I as previously mentioned, O the long type like OH, and U like the oo in moo. There are possibly no variants.
I know it might seem like work, but it is what keeps the pronunciation from taking on a sour note when heard by spanish speakers.
Interesting a young man in his mid twenties from Texas moved there, we are in Houston and not much older and gathering ourselves for a visit down there. Wish I had his contact info
Por favor traduzcan los vídeos en español
Great stuff! I put this new video at the top of my Surfview TV "Vilcabamba, Ecuador (Shangri-La)" Playlist at ua-cam.com/video/LjWy3gZXLRA/v-deo.html I love you sharing your appreciation of my favorite (yet to be visited) place on Earth. Thanks for the dry/wet weather tip for future Vilcabamba visitors. 'Much appreciated! You two rock!
Thanks! 😊
So why did you choose Cuenca? Is villcabamba too quiet or too hippy?
We did a video about this: ua-cam.com/video/8LioYBl2yPI/v-deo.html
The main reason we didn't choose Vilca is because it's so far away from everything. It's very isolated without convenient access to an airport. Amelia has been going back to the States for work 3 or 4 times per year so that was important to us when we made the decision.
Good reason. Did you ever consider Colombia? You are well situated between Colombia and Peru
@@urbanart7325 Ecuador far better vs Colombia
Being from Canada, I've not heard the 'oat and aboat' accent there. 'Eh'? yup!
Would be nice if JP weren't always looking at Amelia any time he's not addressing the camera though...
We heard it from a Canadian who was visiting there, which is why mentioned it.
@@AmeliaAndJP I too am from Canada and have enjoyed your videos. Did not take anything personally but can say I am more of an Out on Boat (we are boaters) not Out n a bout. I will catch myself saying Eh but that is that same as people in some saying, you know what I mean which is an agreeable question.
I think it is funny that someone said Out n a bout. lol
how is the internet access here ? I am looking for a place to work remote for my US based company.
We've had good luck with the internet throughout EC.
Hi Sir Galahad. I am from Loja the principal city near to Vilcabamba. The Internet depends of the technology you want. If you use Optical Fiber it will work 99.96% fine. If you use a wireless service can be worse. Internet service is getting better every day in Ecuador.
The fireworks are for funerals, weddings, confirmations and national holidays.
And Sunday mornings and religious holidays 👍
Amelia And JP - I though the church bells were used to call the faithful to the temples. 😪😪 😜🤡
norviato1 most of the churches in Ecuador don’t have bells so they use fireworks instead.
That sounds awful Ugh 😑 As a child I use to hear the church bells and would say (campana) one of my first words my mom said 🔔 The church in this video is Santa Teresita in Quito where my father is buried. It definitely has bells. What you’ve been smoking JP? 😬🤡 ua-cam.com/video/ZGpDHx8I1sw/v-deo.html
Amelia And JP - I think you must be pulling my leg. I haven’t seen any churches without bells. Maybe the one’s that got hit by an earthquake 🛎 ua-cam.com/video/kY-56AWWh4s/v-deo.html
What about horse back riding?
Horse back riding is popular in EC.
Germán and Dutch are very guttural, if it sounds like they’re gargling with thumbtacks it’s either one hehe 😉 😬🙃🤡
It was one of those two.
Amelia And JP - They’re not Romance languages, more an attack on the ears! Lol 😂
German is my favorite language, and I find it very beautiful. But I only speak english and spanish right now...
Vilcabamba is in loja not in cuenca correct.
Did you see any “people of color “ ?
You mentioned Germans. The Germans built modern-day Vilcabamba.
Interesting. Do you have a reference article about this?
@@AmeliaAndJP - my knowledge comes from talking to many people high and low, here and in the U.S. Do you own, or rent here ?
Agree! I am assuming South America in general is where a lot of Germans migrated to after WW2.
@@misskai8158 - you assume correctly.
@@AmeliaAndJP www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/fleeing-nazism-ecuador-new-film-chronicles-jewish-families-story-n377816 www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1998/nov/29/during-world-war-ii-were-germans-rounded-ecuadoria/#
I enjoy your videos, but you didn't see Vilcabamba before all the influx. If you were to talk to those that Vilcabamba is their ancestral home you would find another story. They are marginalized now and live mostly in the outskirts. While all the old and some new hippies skip to the beat of a different drum. It is no longer the place it used to be, and I did one don't like my people being priced out of living in their own city. Part of the blame goes to the government that should have protected them and part lies to those living g there now that didn't take the time go find out the going rates for rentals etc and paying what for them was very cheap.
You do a great job, but please don't get ripped off and at the same time hurt those who's town your changing. (Speaking in general, not you specifically).
Locals don’t wear shorts in Ecuador. Wanna stick like a sore thumb: wear shorts AND a hat 🤦🏼♂️
Most of the locals here in Olón wear shorts AND hats. They don't in the mountain towns because the locals are always cold for some reason. I often saw people wearing winter coats while I was in short sleeves.
The Incas never had vacations in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, they had vacations in Vilcabamba, Peru. Get your facts straight.
Peru didn’t exist when the Incas ruled the area. Vilcabamba is currently in Ecuador.
How are your teeth