On the Pakistanis Living in Dubai, etc. and the Want to Settle in Ecuador... threads, ODAN explains his complicated visa situation.
He has now PM'd me, and due to technical problems I can't get through to him with a return PM at this time. So I am answering him here by creating this new thread.
ODAN plans to come to Quito and seeks an inexpensive temporary residence while doing the visa process.
Before I moved here my previous five hotel stays in Quito were at Hotel Ambassador, 9 de Octubre y Colon. It's a place mostly for middle-class Ecuadorians and the front desk usually is speaking Spanish. For that reason it may not score high marks at tripadvisor.com and other mostly-English websites.
However, it has the advantages of being in a convenient location, being secure (in my experience) and you can negotiate a good rate if you have some espanol.
I paid $25 a night for a stay of under a week last year (before my condo was ready to move to) and on prior extended stays, I negotiated a weekly rate that worked out to $17 a night.
Please assist ODAN and others on a budget to find a low-cost place in Quito that you know, where he can be comfortable during the visa process.
And yes, ODAN, highly-recommended visa attorney Sebastian Cordero is in Quito.
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