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...

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

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 👍

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia And JP - You just contradicted Amelia, she said you’re going back in the dry season. I know who wears the pants 👖 lol 😉🤡

@misskai8158

4 жыл бұрын

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)! :)

@dyanbanta8511

4 жыл бұрын

AnashaSol Droxler happybto hear!

@Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook

3 жыл бұрын

Do British people need a visa to go there like usa?

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

@TheVigilantStewards

2 жыл бұрын

International community and growing organic food, drinking clean spring water is kind of our goal so that's good to hear

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.

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Great! We can't wait to visit then!

Gorgeous......!! Sounds amazing .... as usual.

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊

Thanks to show to the whole world our great Loja's village Vilcabamba.

Great place to start over❤

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.

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias! Ecuador es un buen país y nos encanta mucho!

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.

I want to go there when I retire in Cuenca

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

It's really beautiful there!

Great video guys. Thanks.

Another great video! The two of you are so cute together.

Vilcabamba😍😍😍

Looks lovely!

You guys are Great thanks

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Paradise

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

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!

I liked, so much

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it! 😊

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

It's "Ooot and Aboot" JP. 😄 With love from Canada. 😉

@AmeliaAndJP

Жыл бұрын

LOL!

This is definitely a city I would like to check out

Welcome 🇪🇨

LOL - love you guys

I believe I was here. We went to that main square a lot to go out to eat!!!

Thank you never being there! Sounds really nice 👍

Leave my Canucks alone 😂😂😂😂 Love your videos.

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

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ron!

I like your videos everything 😀😀😜

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

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!

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias! 😊

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.

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!

I'm excited to get to this area. I deal with ionized water

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!

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

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! 🌹🌺🌈☀️🍌🥑🥭🌽

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

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. 🌴🦜

@pablin4211

3 жыл бұрын

UIn Ecuador every 175 meters high means one degree celcsus un temperatur

i got the pendant of the hummingbird earring that you have

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".)

Anklebones not heeeealing driving me insane... im going off the trails on the crazy train!

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.

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. It can be cold here. I miss the warmth!

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

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 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?

I love Amelia and JP, love to know they visited my province. Maybe you could make a video about Loja city in the future?

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

Loja is on our list of places to visit and video!

@deisiyunga

3 жыл бұрын

@@AmeliaAndJP Looking forward =)

Excellent! What is your take on Loja? Especially the weather.

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

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.

So, the weather there isn't hot and humid? That makes me more likely to want to go. :)

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't hot and humid when we were there, but it is warmer during the summer months - Dec to Feb.

@PhyllisRawley

5 жыл бұрын

It's winter here, which means I wear a sweater at night. Love it here!

@jamessandy5873

2 жыл бұрын

*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.

Good stuff! What about fitness? Any exercise parks or gyms? Transportation options?

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

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.

I hike the mandango in 2018

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

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?

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

We haven't heard of anyone doing that, but with all the mountain streams, I'd be shocked if no one is doing it.

@davidc1961utube

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of artesinal miners have used mercury in the past, so that might be frowned on. Best to check on the permits required.

You have to go visit my town Nabon

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

You're on the way to Loja from Cuenca. What is Nabon known for?

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!

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@pandaosa9

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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. 😃😄😊

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

We loved Vilcabamba!

@anivalcuenca651

5 жыл бұрын

Where .are you living .now? 😃😉

@anivalcuenca651

5 жыл бұрын

Where .are you living .now? 😃😉

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

We live in Cuenca.

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.

@TheVigilantStewards

2 жыл бұрын

would like to know would think it would be good in Ecuador

did you guys have your teeth whitened , if so where? they look great

Still laughing at the bloopers! Just curious . . . how would you say the cost of living is in Vilcabamba v Cuenca?

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia And JP - How about taking the children next time so they can warm their bones a little? 🦴🐶

Like bloopers😂😁🤣

A Canadian...ouoot and abouooot🤔😄😄😄

Amelia did you get a hair cut ? It really looks good !!!

@AmeliaAndJP

2 жыл бұрын

This video is over 2 years old.

Thank you ❤️ How is the homeless dogs and cats situation in that city?

@AmeliaAndJP

Жыл бұрын

Not bad. There has been a lot of effort over the past few years to help the strays.

Got to say something nice. Beautiful video like always and the (anfitriones) spectacular, butt kiss, kiss 😘 lol

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Awww... Thanks 😊

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia And JP 👼 😇

how is the internet access here ? I am looking for a place to work remote for my US based company.

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

We've had good luck with the internet throughout EC.

@jaimeaguirresuarez

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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 😂 😬🤡

Por favor traduzcan los vídeos en español

So why did you choose Cuenca? Is villcabamba too quiet or too hippy?

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

We did a video about this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoCd0bt7nJXfgKw.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.

@urbanart7325

4 жыл бұрын

Good reason. Did you ever consider Colombia? You are well situated between Colombia and Peru

@marioleguizamo2704

3 жыл бұрын

@@urbanart7325 Ecuador far better vs Colombia

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.

What about horse back riding?

@AmeliaAndJP

3 жыл бұрын

Horse back riding is popular in EC.

Great stuff! I put this new video at the top of my Surfview TV "Vilcabamba, Ecuador (Shangri-La)" Playlist at kzread.info/dash/bejne/fp6L25WgiruygqQ.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!

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊

Vilcabamba is in loja not in cuenca correct.

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...

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

We heard it from a Canadian who was visiting there, which is why mentioned it.

@k_and_m8745

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

@altivoproactivo3211

3 жыл бұрын

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

The fireworks are for funerals, weddings, confirmations and national holidays.

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

And Sunday mornings and religious holidays 👍

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia And JP - I though the church bells were used to call the faithful to the temples. 😪😪 😜🤡

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

norviato1 most of the churches in Ecuador don’t have bells so they use fireworks instead.

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

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? 😬🤡 kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHukpqqxaKyXo9o.html

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

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 🛎 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nY1hl5h6h7rOZNY.html

Germán and Dutch are very guttural, if it sounds like they’re gargling with thumbtacks it’s either one hehe 😉 😬🙃🤡

@AmeliaAndJP

5 жыл бұрын

It was one of those two.

@norviato1

5 жыл бұрын

Amelia And JP - They’re not Romance languages, more an attack on the ears! Lol 😂

@misskai8158

4 жыл бұрын

German is my favorite language, and I find it very beautiful. But I only speak english and spanish right now...

Did you see any “people of color “ ?

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).

You mentioned Germans. The Germans built modern-day Vilcabamba.

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Do you have a reference article about this?

@johngarbarini8474

4 жыл бұрын

@@AmeliaAndJP - my knowledge comes from talking to many people high and low, here and in the U.S. Do you own, or rent here ?

@misskai8158

4 жыл бұрын

Agree! I am assuming South America in general is where a lot of Germans migrated to after WW2.

@johngarbarini8474

4 жыл бұрын

@@misskai8158 - you assume correctly.

@misskai8158

4 жыл бұрын

@@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/#

The Incas never had vacations in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, they had vacations in Vilcabamba, Peru. Get your facts straight.

@AmeliaAndJP

2 жыл бұрын

Peru didn’t exist when the Incas ruled the area. Vilcabamba is currently in Ecuador.

Locals don’t wear shorts in Ecuador. Wanna stick like a sore thumb: wear shorts AND a hat 🤦🏼‍♂️

@AmeliaAndJP

4 жыл бұрын

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.

How are your teeth