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RE: USA Culture Shock Part 5: Fear Porn!
Thank you for the lunchtime laugh, cry, and walk down memory lane. Now you know why I feel like a refugee and after over a year I have not yet recovered. I warned you not to engage on any controversial topics but I forgot they are all controversial.
I'll be back to go over all these and get you (short lol) replies, but all I can tell you is to stay chill and try to ignore what you can. If you need any kind of pill, ask around and you will have it. Finally - do not eat regular chicken! Or anything else. Or drink the water. Or watch tv. No wonder I was such a mess.
You are super cool! I know what you mean feeling like a refugee. I simply wouldn't want to raise a family here, expose my children to all this, Just the vaccine issue alone is enough to run for the hills. Then finding healthy food cost a fortune and is like walking through a mind field!
I hear you! Especially where you come from now. I'm in a butt-ton of Ecuador groups and they are all happy as clams. Loja, Cuenca, Quito, Guayaquil, Manta, Galapagos - all groups filled with happy people thrilled with their luck. Ecuador was my second pick but Thailand won for public transport, medical and farther away from the us.
I am holding back on advice not to make it harder for you. I want my son out of there so bad. It's a nightmare.
Advise away! You are a plethora of good information! My second choice was Thialand, but I chose Ecuador because of the money deal, visa, same timezone to call home after years of 12 hour time differenc. But now that I'm secure with my investments in Ecuador I'm just committed to seeing the world, one adventure at a time. But hands down Thailand is my favorite country by far. An hour massage is still about 6 dollars right?
Yes, it is, and very athletic! I freak those girls out! They have never touched anyone in as much pain as me. I draw the whole crowd in with worried looks and everyone trying to think how to adjust their methods. I gave up after trying about 20 times. They want to help but it does not help.
You should have got the second passport. But good on you to have the stability. Did you buy apartments or homes to rent or something else?
Thank you. To get the second passport means I needed to stay there another year, and become a citizen. To be a citicen in Ecuador carries some strange responsibilities that I didn't want to deal with. I'm content with how it is. I've just got accounts, cards, and my backpack. I've done property before, it's way too much of a headache for now. I can't imagine the suffereing you've gone through with the autoamune disease. That painful..wow.
Yeah, it stinks. I was realizing today that my feet are really going south. I have to work on them but I hate doing it. It's like a Victorian torture scenario. You Tube shows all kinds of success but it always starts by saying it will hurt more than usual. By that they mean agony for days and weeks on end.
The Rx I used to take almost killed me a few times over the years and people die from them constantly in my groups so I'm not going back. We often get the notification of someone going to the hospital for infection and a day later they are dead. I am extremely fortunate to have survived my time on those drugs.
I've got stress out the wazoo recently and that is a no-no second only to bad food. My work tagline is "Be sure to fitinfun no matter what" for a reason.
Interesting you decided not to go for the passport. So many people push the idea in my Ecuador groups for a variety of reasons. I will pay more attention, but it's a big fiesta over there when someone succeeds in jumping through the hoops. Very few anticipate ever returning to where they came from unless they turn around and leave quickly. And you are the only one I know who is setting off for parts unknown after being there for a long time. Good on you.
Backpack or not, I need to offload some garbage possessions out of my life! I have so much stuff for someone rootless. I have no idea how this happens.
Man, you've been through a lot. Yes I realize I don't like to stay in one place for too long, I find myself sitting around doing nothing and getting bored. I love the adventure of seeing new places and doing new things. I'm like a culture junky. I love to experience different cultures and see how they live. If find it highly educational.
I just kind of wander and stay in my head. I've been moving for most of my life and don't know much different. I'm not too much of a tourist though and stick close to wherever I land. Mostly - I write - and have for all my life. Not too sure where that is leading now but I keep doing it.