Panama hats Montecristi

Panama hats Montecristi

The hat known today as the Panama hat was produced in Ecuador in the seventeenth century and still today all hand woven as you can see in these photos

 

It get’s it’s name Panama from it being the first place that the Ecuadorians distributed their hats to  Isthmus of Panama and in 1834 the name Panama hats was born before they got distributed throughout Asia USA and now all of Europe
The straw in Panama hats comes from the plaited leaves of the Carludovica Palmata or "paja toquilla", a type of palm indigenous to Ecuador.

 Panama hats are light-colored, lightweight, and breathable, and often worn as accessories to summer-weight suits, such as those made of linen or silk. Beginning around the turn of the 20th century, panamas began to be associated with the seaside and tropical locales
Many companies have jumped on the band wagon in recent years which now sport the hat in their stores direct from Montecristi, but Panama hats are not the only hat produced now, fur felt hats like these

 

                                                                         

 Which are ever so popular and many more including safari style 
For more information or if you are interested in purchasing any of these hats 

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Montecristi Golf Resort Manabi

Montecristi home of the Panama hat situated between Portoviejo and Manta the  finest hand-made panama straw hats and fur felt hats. You can find out more info here- http://www.montecristihats.com/

But today our main topic is

  Montecristi Golf & Eco-Resort

 

This  project  is for residential  properties, land, and an 18 hole Golf Course and clubhouse complex, designed by French Arc hitect Christian Pensu who specialises in this sector you can follow him here

http://www.slideshare.net/ChristianPensu

The golf course, has an area of ​​47 hectares, the whole complex being  250 hectares. "It will be the best course in Ecuador." It is costing more than $ 3.5 million, a price increase to $ 7 million to other ratings that will be incorporated. "It's a 100% domestic investment"

The project includes tennis and football pitches, swimming pools, a 200-room hotel and a residential community with 1,200 homes.

In the second phase, studies are being conducted for the construction of a two-story hotel that will sport 200 rooms. And that includes individual housing complexes in batches of 700 meters... 
The project includes the organization of golf tournaments with the participation of national and international athletes. 
If you are interested in learning more, please leave a message and I will send you more information or arrange a viewing of the resort. 
Here are a few photos below. Thanks for reading!

 View of the villas with swimmingpool

 View of the course with the famous Montecristi church in the background!

For a list of other properties in and around Manabi you can read my buying guide post, which shows you how you could buy a beach house for as little as 40k

Houses and instant residence in ecuador manabi province part 2

ALL HOUSES ARE NOW SOLD!
If you are interested in buying property in and around Manabi you can read my buyers guide post, that shows you how you can purchase a beach house for as little as 40k, which i turn shall give you residence to Ecuador  Following on from the 103 m2 house this is the 2 bedroom 1 floor house priced at 37kin dollars about 22k in brittish pounds.
This house is allot smaller to the previous house it is ideal for single or couples just starting out, but families are also included in this property, like i said the houses shown will provide you with instant residence as you are meeting the minimum requirement! these are model houses driveways etc are all to be completed, but you get the idea!

 Dining room living and kitchen

Kitchen with granite work tops door leading to patio

 View from kitchen to front door

 Bedroom 1

 Bedroom 2

 Washing area place for washing machine and patio

for more info contact Jessica at jessi23g@hotmail.com

Ecuador Houses and instant residence for manabi province

Ecuador Houses and instant residence for manabi province
As mentioned previously i recommend buying a house in a gated community unless you are prepared to buy land and get a house built to your requirements  if you are considering moving to Ecuador and are after residence these houses can give you instant residence for a single person or family etc ie 25 grand is the minum requirement from the Ecuadorian government,investing into the country plenty of opportunity here to do this!
For example I have came across this project in Portoviejo in Manabi called San Gregorio located a few minutes away from the San Gregorio university direct commuting route  to manta and of course Portoviejo itself. It is an up and coming project, will be sporting a swimming pool for residents park for children and also sports facilities ,This project seems to be quite a  popular company originally based in Guayaquil and have completed many projects over the years, first one in manabi i think!
The staff are great some speak English which helps and if you want the houses to be custom made extensions extra rooms etc this can be all worked out there by directly speaking with the architect  ,for more information in spanish or english contact JessicaGarcia  at jessi23g@hotmail.com   and she will answer any questions that you may have.

This is the entrance to the houses where the guard will be there 24 hours a day allowing and denying access!

There are 4 models being built here, but i have information on the biggest house 2 floors at 103m2 priced at 59,900 dollars about 36k in brittish pounds and the smaller 1 floor house at 42 m2 priced at 37,000 dollars
The house to the right is the 3 bedroomed 103 m2 house comprising of  2 bathrooms with wc 1 being ensuite and also wc on the ground floor,
dining living room on the ground floor with kitchen around the corner, out the back and area for washing/ patio pictures below!





Entrance to the house with porch
driveway to be built

 Walking into the house groundfloor downstairs wc

Front living room

Kitchen with granite worktops door leading to patio

 Patio hand washing in corner  area for washing machine and patio

 Upstairs window looking out to the front

 Upstairs bathroom will comprise of shower, sink and wc

Bedroom 1

 Bedroom 2

 Ensuite comprising of shower, sink wc

Main shower room
















  Next we will see the 1 floor 2 bedroom house any questions see above contact!

Ecuador Cuisine Guinea Pig also known as cuy!

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Guinea pigs!! Yes, Guinea pigs! The ones that you have as family pets aren’t treated as the cuddly companions you have at home; instead, in the Andean mountains of Ecuador,they’re bred, boiled, and deep-fried for dinner.

Guinea pig, known as Cuy in South America, is a local delicacy that’s unique to the highlands of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.  Cuy is most often eaten for special occasions, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years to the Incan empire.
Cuy is not only used for food. They warm the house, keep the rats away, and are used for medicinal purposes. Local herbal doctors use cuy in their healing rituals. In one ceremony, a shaman will rub the sick person in question with a black cuy for about 15 to 30 minutes, or until the guinea pig suffocates. He then can diagnose the patient’s illness by cutting the animal in half and interpreting the malady according to the animal's spread out innards.

It is also believed that cuy carries positive energy when eaten. 

I think I'll give it a try the next time I'm up there, promise, and will report back on the taste, but I heard it tastes like chicken. 

Cuy is prepared differently across the highlands. In places like Chaltura, they deep-fry it multiple times at different temperatures.

 the chef  throws a de-furred, cuy carcass into a pan of sizzling hot oil.  The lifeless meat is slinked into a deceptively hot vat of placid oil.  Something i have never seen yet, but Once sufficiently crispy, the cuy is served starfished  on a plate.   Head, teeth  claws the lot! ha my friends in England will be shocked also a friend of mine keeps loads as pets but shhh they might not read this, anyhow what are your views about this strange i know, but suppose if there is nowt in the house and you have a fat guinea pig looking at ya then what the hell ha ha thanks for reading one last picture still can´t believe it ha!!!

If this is not for you, then you may like these delicious meals that you will find on the coast Ceviche and Encebollado (hangover food)

Fancy trying something new and different? Want to learn more about another culture? This collection of tasty recipes from Ecuador is guaranteed to wet your appetite and widen your experience. And if you have ever wondered how the Andean people cook guinea pig.... you can find out here.

Guinea Pig For Breakfast Recipe Book 

Ecuador Cuisine Encebollado fish soup hangover cure

Encebollado is a great remedy for hangovers. Its works because the fish oil helps get rid of the free radicals that result from the breakdown of alcohol in the body. Restaurant owners in Ecuador often sell the soup in the morning for this reason, so if you get up early you will see a few sore heads ha ha although it is versatile enough to work for lunch and dinner, too.

Encebollado has to be my favourite dish out here i could live off the stuff, it  is the national dish of Ecuador, where it originated. not to hard to make, encebollado has only four primary ingredients: fish, tomatoes, onions and yuca. The soup is both pungent and spicy in flavor.

The base of encebollado is a mix of tomatoes and onions, and the Spanish word encebollado is roughly translated as "onion fish soup." This mix, known as sofrito, also calls for spices common to the Ecuadorian region, such as cumin, chili and cilantro. Salt also is included. In some versions, the cook also adds some fresh chili peppers.

Albacora, or tuna, is the traditional encebollado fish. One reason for this is that tuna is so plentiful in the waters near Ecuador. With tuna, a common fish, as the primary protein, encebollado is a relatively inexpensive soup.

In addition to the sofrito and tuna, encebollado recipes include yuca. Yuca is a root vegetable found in much of South America. A highly coarse and fibrous plant, yuca provides the starch for the soup and is a major source of carbohydrates.

To make this simple fish soup, one first prepares the base. This requires frying the tomatoes, onions and spices in some oil. Only medium heat is required during this step.


After you have done the base,  add water to it and boil the tuna for about 15 minutes until it is cooked all the way through. then add the cilantro to the resultant fish broth during this process. Then the tuna is taken out and drained, and the yuca is boiled in the fish broth until the roots are tender but firm. After the yuca roots are cooked, they are removed from the broth so that their coarse strings can be removed and the roots chopped. Adding the yuca and tuna back to the broth with some salt completes the main part of the fish soup.

You can also  add pickled onions and tomato to the batch. Salsa sometimes is used in addition to or in place of these toppings. Another option is topping the soup with some additional chili pepper slices. you can sprinkle the dish with a little lime juice, and finally add chifles to the mix tastes lush! give it a go tell me what you think thanks for looking!