Real Estate Trip to South America

This past week, my assistant and I took a trip to Ecuador with international developer Carl Wescott. This was my first time to Ecuador and wow was I pleasantly surprised! We started out by visiting Carl's partner Joe Simonetta's tranquil ranch project, Hacienda San Joaquin, in the town of Vilcabamba (near the larger city of La Loja).

The town of Vilcamaba was a very interesting place, the foreigners living there are very reminiscent of the people living in Sedona, Arizona, mainly due to its healthy and tranquil reputation. Vilcamaba is renown for being the foremost location in the world for the most vibrant centenarians. Fascinating city and even more fascinating people!

Following this trip we flew out to the Northern Pacific Coast to the province of Manabi, where we stayed in the town of Bahia de Caraquez. From there we drove about 30 minutes north, through the popular surf town of Canoa, to a very large and very beautiful oceanfront property, with pristine white sand beaches and incredibly impressive Ceibo trees.

Being in Ecuador for only a week, we weren't left with enough time to explore the diverse country on our own, so we can’t wait to go back and check out what else it has to offer!