Why we're moving our family to Ecuador
The decision, the doubts and what finally made us say yes.
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Wilkes-BarreQuito
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- 2 adults + 1 baby
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- Status
- Packing up
Word of the week
¡Achachay!
ah-chah-CHAI
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It means
"Brrr, it's cold!"
An Ecuadorian exclamation from Kichwa. Dennisse says it every chilly Andes morning. Austin is still practicing.
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Things to play with
Where we are now
Somewhere between here and there
Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaWe're here!
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The prep log
It's official: we're moving our family to Ecuador.
Latitude Zero is born. This is where we'll share all of it.
Packing up Wilkes-Barre. Stay tuned.
Who we are
Going home, for one of us. Starting over, for the rest.
Dennisse grew up in Ecuador. Austin built businesses in Wilkes-Barre, PA. When Mateo arrived, we asked where we wanted him to grow up, and the answer was Ecuador.
Read our story →AustinOperator, builder, coffee person.
DennisseEcuadorian by birth. Our guide.
MateoThe youngest member of the expedition.
Four worlds, one country
Ecuador's four regions
The journal
Latest dispatches
PA → EC
OTAVALOMarrying into an Ecuadorian family
Sunday almuerzos, abuela's rules and learning the difference between ají and salsa.
CAFÉ · CACAOFrom farm to cup: Ecuador's coffee and cacao
A coffeehouse owner goes to the source, from highland coffee farms to Amazon cacao.
Beyond Ecuador
Ecuador first. Then the rest of the continent.
- FirstEcuadorOur future home base
- ThenColombiaCartagena, coffee country, Medellín
- PlannedPeruLima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley
- SomedayChile & ArgentinaPatagonia, Mendoza, Buenos Aires