ME Life Ecuador YouTube & Podcast

14/06/2020

New Podcast Episode, now on YouTube!

Obtaining Residency in Ecuador is easier than ever with Marcos Chiluisa from EcuaAssist Law Firm

Its easier than ever to obtain Permanent or Temporary Residency in Ecuador. This week we go through all the different types of residency visas, requirements and costs with Marcos Chiluisa from EcuaAssist, Ecuador's #1 law first for Expat Residency and a specialist in Real Estate law as well.

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/64rbdWbswQJEZJK7baKKd0,
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/…/nomad-business-l…/id1513747359…,
Google - https://podcasts.google.com/…,
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbZYuHYqx8

08/06/2020

Ayahuasca, Plant Medicine, and Transformational Retreats: Full Interview Roey Klein of Vikara Retreat Center

Now Available on Youtube!

The first time I heard my friend in New York City had a Shaman in Manhattan and was taking Ayahuasca I was shocked. Then I read more about ceremonies popping up in Silicon Valley for executives and technology companies and gatherings in South Miami amongst friends. As I'm learning more about the demand in the USA for plant medicine I've started to receive a number of friends and guests who visit Montanita, Ecuador in order to try Ayahuasca or other plant medicines such as San Pedro. On this episode I sit down with Roey Klein, owner of the Vikara Retreat Center, a local expert, to learn more about Ayahuasca, Plant Medicine and Transformational Retreats. We talk about:

What is Vikara Retreat Center and its history?
What is Plant Medicine? Starts minute 10:33
The difference between Ayahuasca, San Pedro and Pe**te
What is an Ayahuasca Retreat and a ceremony like?
What is a Shaman and what are they like here in Ecuador?
Ayahuasca Tourism dangers and bad experiences
Robert Ross https://www.montanitaestates.com/, [email protected], Instagram: Youtube: Nomad Business & Lifestyle Podcast, ME Hotel & Villas - Montanita Estates

Roey Klein, https://www.vikaralifestyle.com/, Instagram

04/06/2020

New podcast coming soon on the differences between Ecuador and Costa Rica!!

02/06/2020

EP6: A Surf Vacation turns into Hotel in Paradise and Ecuador's #1 Surf Brand: Full Interview Keith Keller
Have you ever taken a vacation in a beautiful paradise and wondered if you could just stay forever rather than go back to work on Monday? Keith Keller of Mineral Surfboards and La Buena Vida Hotel did just that. In 2004 Keith Keller turned a 30 day surf vacation in the Galapagos into an investment in his dreams when after a short stop in Mainland Ecuador he invested in a piece of land in paradise called Ayampe. Today, Keith and his beautiful family have a thriving hotel business, and is Ecuador's #1 Surf Board Shaper and Manufacturer. In this interview we talk about:

How Keith made the leap to buy land in EC from NYC where he was living?
Ecuador 15 years ago and how it differed from Costa Rica, culture, price, lifestyle?
What it was like starting a hotel in Ecuador, and a later a surfboard factory?
What raising children is like in Ecuador?
Surfing in Ecuador and assimilating with the locals
Dreams and aspirations for his new ventures El Nido Hotel & Mineral Surfboards.

You can subscibe to the Podcast at:

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/64rbdWbswQJEZJK7baKKd0,
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/…/nomad-business-l…/id1513747359…,
Google - https://podcasts.google.com/…, Link in Bio

Robert Ross https://www.montanitaestates.com/, [email protected], Instagram: Youtube: Nomad Business & Lifestyle Podcast, ME Hotel & Villas - Montanita Estates

Keith Keller http://mineralsurfboards.com/, [email protected], Instagram

30/05/2020

30/05/2020

Episode 3: Entrepreneur and Real Estate Developer in Coastal Ecuador: Garrett Parker Full Interview

If you want to know what it's is like to do business and raise a family in a foreign country, Garrett Parker is the perfect example.

Garrett is an international entrepreneur, developer and real estate agent living in Manta, Ecuador. Over the last 10 years Garrett Parker, President of Ecuadorian Coastal Properties, has been involved in hundreds of commercial and residential real estate transactions in Ecuador. A long the way he has found time to get married to his beautiful wife Mariuxi with whom he has two two small children. Garrett also is an avid surfer traveling the whole country with locals and visiting surfers exploring every part of the coast in search of perfect waves.

In my recent full interview with Garrett we cover:
- The full spectrum of Real Estate questions including, the cost of condos and lots in Ecuador, cost of building a home in Ecuador, and different commercial investment opportunities Garrett has worked on in Ecuador and continues to pursue
- Differences between the Ecuadorian Real Estate market and buying process vs. the USA.
- The details of starting and growing a successful real estate career in a foreign country.
- How did Garrett end up in Ecuador and what it was like to assimilate?
- Where is Manta, Ecuador and whats it like?
- Having a family and raising kids in Ecuador.
- The school system in Ecuador for young children.
- What a typical day is like for a surfer and entrepreneur in Ecuador.
- What is next for Garrett and ECP especially after the Pandemic.
This interview is a rare opportunity to talk in detail to someone who has deep experience leaving the USA to pursue a dream of living on an exotic beach, starting and growing a business and becoming a father a family man. I hope you enjoy the interview.

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/64rbdWbswQJEZJK7baKKd0,
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/…/nomad-business-l…/id1513747359…,
Google - https://podcasts.google.com/…, Link in Bio


Robert Ross http://www.montanitaestates.com/, [email protected], Instagram:

Garrett Parker http://www.ecuadoriancoastalproperties.com/, [email protected], Instagram:

27/05/2020

Episode 2: School for young children in a coastal surf town in South America

Not many people are willing quit their job, sell everything they own, and move to an exotic beach in a foreign country, but those that do have to manage the added complexity of education once they have children. Garrett Parker of Ecuadorian Coastal Properties, Keith Keller of Mineral Surfboards and Buena Vida Hostel, and Robert Ross from the ME Hotel & Villas - Montañita Estates have unique experience educating young children living in Coastal Ecuador in both rural Montanita and Ayampe or the city of Manta.

This podcast includes excerpts from recent interviews with Garrett and Keith and covers:

-Comparison of education in Ecuador to education system in the USA.
- How much does private school in coastal Ecuador cost?
- Review of private schools in Manta, Ecuador.
- School for young kids in a small rural surf town in Montanita and Ayampe, Ecuador.
- The age that it was good to have your kids in a small rural surf town.
- How the education for young children have evolved in these towns.

Robert Ross https://www.montanitaestates.com/, [email protected], Instagram: .

Garrett Parker http://www.ecuadoriancoastalproperties.com/, [email protected], Instagram: .

Keith Keller http://mineralsurfboards.com/, [email protected], Instagram .