I am a construction professional with over 30 years of domestic and international large scale projects on my CV. As I near retirement, I am looking for a colorful yet inexpensive country to settle in and have had several conversations with co-workers who have established themselves in Ecuador or are also interested in moving there. I would like to make my move in the next 2 years maximum and to that end plan on doing my first visit this winter season. I am currently back in Canada, a country i grew up in but left in 1978 because it is just too darn cold here most of the year.