By Peter Stromberg As I stood on the beach last weekend, I found myself engaged in a conversation with an Ecuadorian businessman who had...

By Mark Bradbury I’ve been writing articles for different magazines over the past 15 years, and sometimes I get an assignment that can...

By Mark Bradbury Three years ago, in September of 2019, I was contacted by Tina Rettka, a Canadian expat living here who wanted to do an...

By Mark Bradbury As the admin for a Coastal Facebook group here in Manta, I have seen so many requests from people wanting to know what...

By Mark Bradbury I was asked to do an article on Ecuadorian patriotism for the August issue of Hi Expat Magazine and even though I wasn’t...

By Mark Bradbury This is a question some of you may have already asked, or you may have at least been thinking about it. Perhaps you...

By Mark Bradbury This month’s issue addresses environmental ocean conditions here on the Ecuadorian Coast. It is a big ocean that...

Sometime in the last quarter of 2014 I had decided to leave my comfort zone, the United States, and become an “expat.” Prior to that I...

What do lime green or electric blue baking flour, water guns, soapy foam spray, big parades, costume parties, eggs, and more water have...

As the owner and administrator of a local Facebook group, Manta and Manabi Expats and Amigos, I see and hear a variety of opinions and...

Today I would like to talk about something new coming to Manta and to the Province of Manabí. It is a great new communication forum...