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Notaria Quinta in Loja – Fast, Professional and Friendly

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Introduction

Going to the notary is serious business. This is where important transactions are irreversibly sealed. Nevertheless, this does not mean that it has to be a scary experience nor that it cannot be done in a relaxed manner and with a smile.

There are quite a few notaries to choose from in Loja. Most are conveniently located in the center of the city no more than a few blocks away from the central plaza. So which one do we go to ? Does it matter ? Would it make any difference ? Are the prices different ? And to start with, are we even allowed to choose one notary rather than another or do we have to let our lawyer decide for us ?

Before we address these questions, let’s clear a few things out of the way. A notary public is a qualified lawyer, he or she has to be in this country, but he is also a public officer and it is prohibited for him to give legal advice the way your lawyer does. His role is to give faith to an existing agreement not to give advice on what agreement is best for you. Give faith means checking the validity of the documents presented to him, verifying the identities of the parties, make sure all required signatures are present, assure strict adherence to the law etc…

Notaria Quinta in Loja - Fast, Professional and Friendly — Dr Rodrin Palacios

“Nosotros damos fe publica de los actos y contratos que la ciudadania requiere” Dr. Rodrín Palacios – notary public.

Impartiality is key. The notary has to remain neutral at all times and in case of disagreement between the parties, he has to send them back to sort things out with their respective lawyers. In a typical scenario the content of the agreement would be prepared by your lawyer, such as an affidavit, a sales and purchase agreement, a testament, a power of attorney etc… and then this content would be validated, sealed, legalized, in one word “notarized” by the notary public in the physical presence of all the required parties.

Having said that, this does not mean that one cannot seek a little guidance from a notary public. How much “guidance” exactly is he allowed to give you? Well, I would simply recommend to go and ask and if the type of question you ask is really out of what the notary is allowed to discuss, he will honestly tell you. No harm is done asking.

Notaria Quinta

I found that asking something to a notary public can be an intimidating experience. In Ecuador the notary offices tend to be packed and it is sometimes hard to even approach the doctor let alone ask him (or her because there are female notaries public) something. Some notary offices are actually designed to make people transit from one desk to another and pass through several “human filters” before they can even reach the doctor’s desk. It is only in the final stage when everything is ready for the signatures that the client is guided to a back room where the doctor’s office is located.

At Notaria Quinta, it is not like that. If you so desire, you can walk directly to the doctor’s desk and nobody will stop you. On the contrary Dr Palacios will shake hands and invite you to sit down at his desk.

The office design is an open plan where the doctor sits on a peer level among his assistants.

Notaria Quinta in Loja — Notaria Quinta Loja – Conviviality through Open plan design

El doctor

On the photo below we see the notary public, “el doctor” as everyone calls him. His name is Rodrín Palacios Soto. He is a soft-mannered, gentle-spoken man who kindly invites people to sit at his desk.

“Nosotros primero somos muy cordiales, damos una atención personalizada… Damos atención prioritaria a las personas que lo necesitan como por ejemplo gente de tercer edad …”

We try first and above all to be cordial and give personalized attention… We also give priority to the people with special needs such as the elderly …

“Nuestra atención básicamente es asesoramiento…”

“Asesoramiento” means “Legal advice” in English. However, the doctor clarifies that we are not talking about giving legal advice like lawyers do but rather advising people to make sure that they understand fully what they are about to sign.

It may sound obvious to some but it is not. People could be old or may for whatever reason find it difficult to understand the content of an agreement. People could also have been pressured by family members or partners. A good notary will spend the time and make the effort to put a person in a position where he/she really understands the consequences of what that person is about to sign.

“Por eso, cuando hay un extranjero, nosotros pedimos un interprete…”

For this reason, we find a translator in the case it is a foreigner who uses our services.

Dr Palacios has 17 years experience of which he has spent 14 as a lawyer and the 3 years as a notary.

The staff

On his right side by the window sits Guadalupe

She is a qualified lawyer and is Rodrín’s right arm.

The remaining part of the open plan is used by the staff in charge of welcoming the people, listen to their requests and preparing the documents. The place was quite busy on the day I was there but nevertheless everyone seemed relaxed, customers and staff alike, flowing with the flow. It was a beautiful sunny day in Loja.

I counted 5 people working on the ground floor. There is a second floor where the archives are kept and there are a few more staff members working on that floor. Notaria Quinta has a significant team of professionals working harmoniously together.

Customer feedback

I asked a few people what their experience was or had been with the Notaria Quinta.

Let me state that my visit was not planned, to be precise, the doctor was expecting me but the clients had no clue what I was doing there. I just walked to them and asked their opinion.

Some were regular clients and they all said that the service was outstanding.

“Es una notaria que tiene prestigio … la situación es que trabajan bien .. cuando nosotros abogados les pedimos que nos ayuden, que nos colaboren, porque el cliente muchas veces esta apurado, entonces nos hacen cuando les pidemos…” Dr Luis Alex Guarnizo.

Cecilia Espinoza’s desk is right by the door and she is naturally the client’s first point of contact. She was taking care of two ladies who also happened to be regular customers who have done all type of transactions at Notaria Quinta and wouldn’t go anywhere else. “Muy contentas. Excelente atención” were their spontaneous words.

Final thoughts

It is my hope that the information above answers the questions at the top of this article of why one would choose a notary rather than another and whether it matters. Is one allowed to choose a notary who is not necessarily the notary his lawyer invites him to ? (maybe for personal convenience or through habit). Yes it goes without saying. No-one can force a person to sign a document in front of a notary he does not trust. It is all part of due process. Trust and informed consent are keys.

As per the prices, I was told that they should be exactly the same regardless of the notary one decides to go to. At Notaria Quinta they have a large display on the wall with the notary fees for each type of transaction.

Conclusion

At Notaria Quinta in Loja I found the atmosphere to be both professional and relaxed. The notary is a gentle-spoken and approachable person who will gracefully assist you to the extend he is allowed by the law. The staff is cordial, the service is fast and excellent according to the clients I spoke to. As a plus the space is open and bright, with many windows opening onto calle Bolivar in the heart of the city of Loja. There are many comfortable seats for people to wait while being looked after.

Only one thing is missing: the espresso machine and some home made cookies. And why not a little children corner with a few books. Maybe one day 😉

Bye for now and see you at Notaria Quinta.

Contacts

Address: Calle Bolivar y Rocafuerte
Tel: +593 (0)72573743
Email: notariaquintaloja@gmail.com

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Why should Venezuela and Brazil matter to Ecuador

Español AQUI
Español AQUI NO es una traducción humana!

There is so much propaganda and misinformation nowadays that even with the internet it is getting harder and harder to know what’s what. Social medias with the large number of trolls polluting them play an important role in brainwashing the masses. Let’s not even mention the mainstream media like CNN or the BBC.

My audience is not the people who still rely on this type of media for information. My audience is for people who rely on social media and the so-called “alternative media”. I find that often this type of media also falls prey to financial interests and publish propaganda verbatim and without analysis. Is it innocent, because they did not read the material they published? Is it lack of time and resources to apply some critical thinking to what they publish ? Or is there a darker agenda? Hard to know.

Look at Infowars.com for example. This morning they published an article with this title:

Revolution Rising: Colossal Protests Rock Socialist Venezuela

Millions rise up against socialism
Jamie White & Kit Daniels | Infowars.com – September 1, 2016

Impressive photo !

Although the title is factually correct, its implications that millions are rising up against [the economic disaster caused by] socialism could not be further from the truth. This is all so obviously orchestrated and it is so easy to do when the power of money and the power of the media are in the same hands. All it takes is:

Create chaos through economical crisis, in the case of Venezuela which depends on oil sales, by lowering the oil price and taking various measures to reduce food supply and make ordinary people suffer in long queues at the supermarket, we have all seen the pictures.
Use the media to convince the people that their suffering is the consequence of the “failure of socialism”.
Get the brainwashed masses to protest against their socialist government and make sure the protests are well covered in the press with great photos of large groups of people.

And voila! Just wait for the government to fall and leave room for the elite to take the power back. In effect, this is using the people to act against their own interest. No need for war. The people wage it themselves from the inside. This is brilliant !

And this is what happens today in Venezuela. Brazil is a variation on the same theme using slightly different tools to achieve the same goal. I am appalled to read about what is currently happening Brazil, our neighbor. The people of Ecuador seem to have no idea and little interest. They are too busy with their phones, their latest apps and the latest football match.

I have no intention to become a political writer and extensively cover topics such as these on a web site like bbxmusic.com. Our focus is Ecuador, tourism, culture and life. The reason we publish this is to help our readers who live here in Ecuador to become more conscious of the nature of the game that surrounds us because it will affect us directly sooner or later. Indeed tourism is directly and negatively affected by the type of events that occur in Venezuela and Brazil. Ecuador is currently trying to recover from this terrible earthquake that shook it recently. It would not take much to bring its economy to its knees, organize a few protests with good media coverage and turn it into another Venezuela.

What is happening today in Venezuela is what will happen tomorrow (and is already happening today) in our beloved country of Ecuador. Ecuador and Bolivia are on the same list of “ill-behaved countries” (meaning countries that do not behave as American stooges and, god forbid, try to make their people benefit from their own resources) as Venezuela and Brazil. So beware of the propaganda. It is everywhere, on all social medias and on alternative medias.

I spent half an hour this morning looking up information on this massive protest in Venezuela and it was hard to finally get to a web page where someone says something intelligent about it.

Venezuela’s Opposition: Attacking Its Own People

The corporate media would have you believe that Venezuela is a dictatorship on the verge of political and economic collapse; a country where human rights crusaders and anti-government, democracy-seeking activists are routinely rounded up and thrown in jail. Indeed, the picture from both private media in Venezuela, as well as the mainstream press in the U.S., is one of a corrupt and tyrannical government desperately trying to maintain its grip on power while the opposition seeks much-needed reforms. In fact, the opposite is true.

We invite you to read the article above using the link provided. Next time you see a protest in Ecuador against Correa you will think about it and be better equipped to understand the game that is being played, by whom and for what purposes.

For a broader perspective, you can also read this article:

Regime Change throughout Latin America: The Monroe Doctrine Becomes the “Obama Doctrine”

Any comments? Want to share some experience? Please post here below.

Appreciated.

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Sweet Potato – Living Healthy in Vilcabamba and Loja Ecuador

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Todoloja researches the topics of health and longevity in this part of the world (Loja Ecuador).

Good health starts with good nutrition.

SWEET POTATOES – DID YOU KNOW?

Sweet potatoes are native to Central and South America and are one of the oldest vegetables known to man. They have been consumed since prehistoric times as evidenced by sweet potato relics dating back 10,000 years that have been discovered in Peruvian caves.

Sweet Potato - Living Healthy in Vilcabamba and Loja — Camote – sweet potato

Sweet potatoes belong to an entirely different food family than either yams or the common potato that is (unfortunately) such a large part of the common diet.

One difficulty in describing the health benefits of sweet potatoes is knowing where to begin. There are a surprising number of nutrient categories responsible for the health benefits of this underappreciated tuber. Among these categories are antioxidants, anti-inflammatory nutrients, and blood sugar-regulating nutrients. Each category brings with it valuable health benefits.

Here in Vilcabamba they grow like weed. On our land, we don’t pay too much attention to them and let them go wild and out of control most of the time but we should give them more care. They deserve it. Despite of that, today we extracted this monster from our ground in Sacapo, San Pedro de Vilcabamba.

I want to add that there is nothing healthier and more fun apparently for a young child than spending time outside in the “huerto”. This is one of the things that people living in cities have lost. The children are weaker and get sick more often.

One of the factors of longevity is certainly :

More time outside and better food.

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Salud y Vida SPA – Natural therapies in Vilcabamba

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Relaxation therapies – Body Massage – Steam Baths – Reflexology – Clay exfoliation – Hair removal – Facial care …

Health is a pervasive topic in the so-called “Valley of Longevity”, Vilcabamba, a small town in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains. Many people have come from abroad and have settled in Vilcabamba precisely to seek a better quality of life. In fact many of them are professionals engaged in one or another form of natural therapy: massage, reflexology, acupuncture, osteopathy, yoga, bio-magnetism, Rolf therapy and more … Vilcabamba has it all.

Mariana Avila is a native of Vilcabamba. We visited her center of natural treatments called “Salud y Vida SPA“.

Introduction

Many of you living here in Vilcabamba already know Mariana and perhaps already felt her magic hands … I met her when she had a vegetarian restaurant. I must confess that was my favorite at that time.

However, we have now discovered other qualities and skills that she possesses. Mariana is a sweet and spontaneous person, inspires confidence, she carries within herself what I would call “the angel”, something that I immediately felt when I saw her. The persons who possess “the angel” have something special that other people don’t have, the true vocation of caring for others and do it with love, patience and sweetness. Mariana has that and it makes you want to stay there forever in a never ending massage.

She told us that her attraction for alternative therapies and natural medicine was born when she was still very young. It is something genetic in the Avila Cabrera family. She explained that several close family members favored the branch of medicine both eastern and western. She also has an uncle who is a shaman and her daughter Ruth is studying child psychology at the university. They are a long chain of guardians of health …

And before you ask, her prices are very affordable too.

The place is simple without fuss and quite cozy indeed, adorned with many beautiful plants and flowers of various colors. Every corner is well designed so that when one enters this place, one feels comfortable and relaxed.

Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba - The place is cozy and well decorated — The place is cozy and well decorated

Mariana told us that her customers usually ask for suggestions on which therapy to attend and she advises them depending on their ailments. However, the “baño de cajón” (in English literally “the bath in a drawer”) is always the recommended first step in order to detoxify the body and at the same time get the person to relax. She then continues with either a massage or an exfoliation, a mud bath, a reflexology etc …

Mariana has been trained through workshops, courses etc … about therapies that she performs in its SPA. It is evident that she loves doing these activities and this makes it different.

To let go in Mariana’s hands

As is our custom at bbxmusic.com, we want as much as possible to only talk from experience. For the purpose of this article, Mariana offered me to do me a treatment and I asked her which one she would recommend. We talked a little about my health and my ailments, she asked me a few things about my life. I have a tendency to be a little over stressed and nervous which in my case manifests itself in the skin. Because of this she recommended a steam bath and a clay exfoliation.

It is something that Martha has already mentioned above in her introduction but I wish to reiterate it because it is important. The therapist’s personality, her “energy”, her “aura” is an essential part of the patient’s experience, is it not? This is something that cannot be explained but rather felt. I felt immediately relaxed with Mariana and had no issue surrendering myself to her capable hands.

Baño de cajón (steam box)

Salud y Vida Vilcabamba - Baños de cajón — Salud y Vida Vilcabamba – Baños de cajón

This is basically a steam bath, similar to a Turkish bath but performed in a custom designed cupboard or “drawer” (hence the name “cajon” in Spanish which means drawer) inside which the person sits leaving only the head outside. I read that it is inspired from Ayurvedic medicine. The advantage of leaving the head outside is that one can still breathe comfortably “up here” despite the heat and heavy body sweating “down there”.

So I took off my clothes, put my belongings in a cane basket that she gave me and put on a white dressing gown.

It was then time to sit in the steam box that I distractedly was about to walk into with the gown still on. Mariana gently told me to take it off. “Of course“, I thought, “Silly me, I am not going to get in there with the dressing gown on, am I?”

However, I felt a little shy I confess. I heard myself saying, “What? I have to take it all off?“.

She laughed and replied:

“That’s right. The body is the body.”

I sat in the steam box and slowly felt the heat all over my body and the nice scent of the plants while I started to sweat a lot, which is good because the objective is for the heat to open the pores and allow the body toxins out. I had to stay 15 minutes inside the box.

From time to time Mariana approached to ask how I feel, wipe my face and put a wet towel on my head. Also when the heat became unbearable, we opened the lid a little to have a pause. I must say that she did the whole process very sweetly, nothing by force, nothing uncomfortable. After the treatment, looking at the photo below and remembering the heat and the cool “life saving towel” that Mariana put on my head, I had to laugh while thinking about those famous biblical words:

Clay Exfoliation

Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba - Exfoliacion con arcilla caliente — A sheet of plastic and a good blanket to continue perspiring

Fifteen minutes later I felt totally relaxed. Mariana then covered my whole body with warm clay including the face and wrapped me in a sheet of plastic and a good blanket to continue perspiring for about 20 minutes.

In this process I felt quite hot and thirsty, Mariana gave me to drink a refreshing mint tea, then she made an exfoliation with a glove to remove the wet clay, gently massaging the whole body.

Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba - Exfoliation — Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba – Exfoliation

Finally I took a shower, not too cold not too hot. Perfect ! And it was easy to take the clay off my body because the clay had not been allowed to dry out. I then leaned back in a long chair and felt like a fresh lettuce … well actually I wish I could have stayed right there to sleep overnight since I felt so comfortable and relaxed.

Reflexology

“Reflexology is the application of appropriate pressure to specific points and areas on the feet, hands, or ears. Reflexologists believe that these areas and reflex points correspond to different body organs and systems, and that pressing them has a beneficial effect on the organs and person’s general health.” Wikipedia.

We did not do a reflexology session. While she was briefly explaining us how it works, Mariana took my feet and applied pressure to different points. When she made me cringe or even jump she explained that the pain was not something normal but rather the reflection of a problem in some area of my body.

Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba - Reflexology mat — Reflexology mat

Talking about reflexology, Mariana had something interesting. She showed us a mat made in such a way that it stimulates the reflexology points of the feet, allowing to reach excellent therapeutic results.

My feet are very sensitive so I could not even stand for a minute on the carpet. It is like walking on pebbles but worse. Martha, who is native from here had no problem at all standing on it. “She is a river girl” I thought.

Actually, Mariana recommended me to take shoe-less walks on the river bank.

Massage

We did not have time for a massage. It must surely be excellent and we’ll try to include information on this topic some time on the bbxmusic.com web site.

In the mean time, if you are reading this article and have already experienced a massage at “Salud y Vida”, please leave your comment in the section below.

Conclusion

In her Vilcabamba natural treatment center, Salud y Vida SPA, Mariana knows her subject. She has a lot of experience dealing with both locals and foreigners. She works with sweetness, love and respect. The place is cozy and has good energy. We recommend it to anyone who wants to relax, relieve stress and improve his or her physical and psychological health.

Salud y Vida SPA - Natural therapies in Vilcabamba - Mariana Avila — Salud y Vida SPA – Natural therapies in Vilcabamba – Mariana Avila

Visit the center of natural treatments Health and Life the next time you are in Vilcabamba.

Contacts

Address: Valle Sagrado y Diego Vaca de Vega, Vilcabamba Ecuador (opposite to restaurant Mexibamba)
Tel: +593 (0)9 86782084
Email: marianaavilac@gmail.com
Opening hours: please call for an appointment

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Salud y Vida SPA – Tratamientos Naturales en Vilcabamba Ecuador

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Tratamientos para relajación – Masajes Corporales – Baños de Cajón – Baños de Pitón – Reflexología – Depilaciones – Exfoliaciones – Tratamientos Faciales…

La salud es un tema extremadamente importante en el así llamado “Valle de la longevidad”, Vilcabamba, un pequeño pueblo de los Andes Ecuatorianos. Muchas personas han llegado del extranjero y se han establecido en Vilcabamba justamente para lograr una mejor calidad de vida. De hecho muchos de ellos son profesionales que se dedican a una u otra forma de terapia natural: masajes, reflexología, acupuntura, osteopatía, yoga, bio magnetismo, terapia Rolf y mucho mas… Vilcabamba lo tiene todo.

Mariana Avila es Vilcabambense. Hemos visitado su centro de tratamientos naturales “Salud y Vida SPA”.

Introducción

Estoy segura que muchos de ustedes ya tienen el gusto de conocer a Mariana y quizá ya se han confiado en sus manos mágicas…Yo la conocí cuando tenía un restaurante de comida vegetariana. Debo confesar que era mi favorita en aquel tiempo.

Sin embargo ahora hemos descubierto una más de sus cualidades y habilidades que ella posee. Mariana es una persona espontanea, inspira confianza, tiene el “ángel”. Es ese algo que a la gente tanto gusta y se siente a gusto, es de esas personas que apenas las ves te caen bien, que se ven simpáticas y que tienen una personalidad destacable…que tienen algo especial que no tienen las demás personas… Tiene la verdadera vocación de cuidar a los demás, lo hace con amor, paciencia y mucha dulzura que hace que sus clientes deseen quedarse en su casa por siempre en un masaje interminable.

Nos comentó que su inclinación por las terapias alternativas y la medicina natural nacieron desde que ella era muy joven. Algo genético en la familia Avila – Cabrera, nos explicó que varios miembros cercanos de su familia se inclinaron por la rama de la medicina tanto oriental como occidental, también tiene un tío Chaman y su hija Ruth está estudiando en la universidad Psicología Infantil. Son una larga cadena de guardianes de la salud…

Los precios son muy asequibles a tu bolsillo.

El lugar es bastante acogedor adornado con muchas lindas plantas y flores de varios colores. Cada rincón está bien diseñado de tal manera que cuando uno entra en este sitio se siente cómodo y relajado.

Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba - Lugar bastante acogedor — El lugar es bastante acogedor

Mariana nos comentó que sus clientes le piden una sugerencia sobre que terapia realizar, ella les aconseja una terapia según sean las dolencias de cada uno de ellos. Sin embargo el baño de cajón se recomienda siempre para empezar desintoxicando el cuerpo y al mismo tiempo relajando para posteriormente continuar con un masaje, exfoliación, baño de fango, reflexología etc…

Mariana se ha capacitado mediante talleres, cursos etc… sobre las terapias que realiza en su SPA. Es evidente que ella ama hacer este tipo de actividades y esto la hace diferente.

Rendido en las manos de Mariana

Como es nuestra costumbre en bbxmusic.com, tanto como sea posible, queremos hablar de lo que hemos experimentado personalmente. Entonces este día le pedí a Mariana que me haga un tratamiento y cual de los que ofrece me recomendaría hacer. Hablamos un poco de mi salud y de mis dolencias, me preguntó algunas cosas sobre mi vida. Tengo una tendencia a estar estresado y nervioso lo que en mi caso se manifiesta en la piel. Entonces me recomendó un baño de cajón y un baño de arcilla caliente con exfoliación.

Es algo que Martha ya mencionó en su introducción pero que quiero reiterar porque es muy importante. La personalidad del terapeuta, su “energía”, su “aura” es una parte esencial de la experiencia del paciente, no es cierto? Es algo que no se puede explicar pero que se siente y con Mariana uno se siente inmediatamente tranquilo.

Baño de cajón

Un baño de cajón es un procedimiento natural de limpieza para dolores del cuerpo y desintoxicación inspirado en la medicina Ayurveda y la tradicion Andina.

Así es. El cuerpo es el cuerpo! — Así es. El cuero es el cuerpo!

Así que me quite la ropa, puse mis pertenencias en una canasta que me dio Mariana y me puse la bata.

Llego el momento de sentarme en en el cajón de vapor y Mariana me dijo simplemente de quitarme la bata. “Por supuesto” pensé, “Tonto, no voy a entrar con la bata puesta“.

Sin embargo, me sentí un poco tímido lo confieso. Me escuche diciendo: “Que? Tengo que quitármelo todo?“.

Ella se rio y respondió: “Así es. El cuerpo es el cuerpo.”

Me senté dentro del baño de cajón y de a poco fui sintiendo el calor en todo mi cuerpo y el aroma de las plantas se esparcía por todo el lugar mientras ya empecé a traspirar mucho pues el objetivo consiste en que el calor hace que se abran los poros y de esta manera se eliminen las toxinas del cuerpo. Yo debía permanecer 15 minutos dentro del cajón.

De vez en cuando Mariana se acercaba para preguntarme como me siento, secarme la cara y ponerme una toalla húmeda en la cabeza. También cuando el calor se volvía insoportable, destapábamos un poco la tapa del cajón para hacer una pausa. Debo decir que todo el proceso de la terapia lo hizo con mucha dulzura, nada a la fuerza, nada incomodo. Después del tratamiento, mirando la foto a continuación y recordando el calor y la toalla fresca salvadora que Mariana me ponía en la cabeza, yo me reí pensando en esas palabras bíblicas famosas :

Exfoliación con arcilla

Bueno, cuando se cumplieron los quince minutos, salí totalmente relajado. Inmediatamente Mariana me cubrió de arcilla caliente todo el cuerpo incluido el rostro y con una sábana que ya estaba previamente caliente me enredó conjuntamente con una manta térmica para continuar traspirando por unos 20 minutos más.

En este proceso sentí bastante calor y sed, Mariana me dio a beber un refrescante té de menta, posteriormente me realizó una exfoliación con un guante de cabuya natural para remover la arcilla aun húmeda masajeando suavemente todo el cuerpo.

Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba - Exfoliación — Salud y Vida SPA Vilcabamba – Exfoliación

Finalmente me tome una ducha con agua caliente y fue muy fácil sacar la arcilla de mi cuerpo gracias a la exfoliación, luego me recosté en una perezosa y me sentí como una lechuga fresca…bueno en realidad me hubiera gustado quedarme a dormir allí mismo me sentí muy relajado.

Reflexología

En la terapia de reflexología Mariana estimula las capacidades del propio cuerpo para equilibrar las energías del organismo mediante masajes en los pies, siendo estos el lugar donde se encuentran los reflejos de cada zona de nuestro cuerpo.

También me topé con una pequeña sorpresa, una alfombra elaborada de tal manera que estimula los puntos reflexológicos de los pies, permitiendo alcanzar excelentes resultados terapéuticos.

Mis pies son muy sensibles así que no pude mantenerme ni por un minuto de pie en la alfombra. Por el otro lado, Martha quien es nativa de aca se paro sin sentir ningún dolor (“Es una chica del rio” pensé)

Mariana me recomendó caminar sin zapatos en la orilla del rio.

Masaje

No tuvimos tiempo para un masaje. Seguramente debe ser muy bueno y trataremos de incluir información sobre este tema próximamente en las páginas de bbxmusic.com.

Mientras tanto, si usted que esta leyendo este articulo ya ha experimentado el masaje de Salud y Vida SPA, por favor deje su comentario en la sección de abajo.

Conclusión

En su centro de tratamientos naturales, Salud y Vida SPA, Mariana sabe muy bien cómo manejar la situación. Tiene mucha experiencia tratando tanto con gente nacional y extranjeros. Trabaja con tranquilidad, cariño y respeto. El espacio es acogedor y tiene buena energía. Lo recomendamos a cualquier persona que desee relajarse, aliviar su estrés y mejorar su salud tanto física como psicológica.

Visite el centro de tratamientos naturales Salud y Vida la próxima vez que este pasando por Vilcabamba.

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Dirección: Valle Sagrado y Diego Vaca de Vega, Vilcabamba Ecuador (frente al restaurante Mexibamba)
Enail: marianaavilac@gmail.com
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Una pequeña gran farmacia en Loja Ecuador

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A tan sólo unos metros de la entrada principal del Centro Comercial de Loja, hay una farmacia. El lugar es pequeño, de hecho tan pequeño que puede ser que nunca lo hayas notado pero su dueño no es pequeño y no me refiero a su talla. Ramiro Delgado es en mi opinión un gran hombre.

Farmacia del pueblo en Loja – Por el pueblo y para el pueblo

Ramiro ha desempeñado varios papeles en su vida y ha ocupado importantes cargos de trabajo. Por ejemplo, se vio involucrado en la escritura de la Constitución de la República del Ecuador en el año 2008 en Montecristi (Manabí) y con modestia me dijo “como alterno“. Colaboró en la primera alcaldía del Chato hace 25 años atrás. También ha sido el propietario de un negocio de 5 plantas en el centro de Loja con una heladería, un restaurante, un salón de juegos infantiles, una discoteca… pero este lugar, esta pequeña farmacia, él explica que es en este pequeño lugar donde puede ser simplemente el mismo.

“¿De que vale tener 10 empresas? ¿Tener un grado de estrés de 500 por-ciento? Es mejor tener el placer de poder saludar con libertad a un amigo u amiga. Darle la mano a un anciano para que cruce la calle. Ser el individuo que siempre he sido“.

Pharmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Ramiro Delgado — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Ramiro Delgado – Ser el individuo que siempre he sido

“Mi padre era sabio y el decía una frase que ahora veo salomónica: el dinero sólo tiene dos virtudes: envenena el alma y mata los sentimientos. Porque crees que todo lo puedes comprar … pierdes el amor, pierdes el afecto, el respeto, la dignidad.”

Así que una vez más en este pequeño país llamado Ecuador, me encontré intercambiando ideas profundas con un hombre grande y sabio en un lugar común y corriente a lado de un mercado popular donde la gente va a comprar sus papas y su pollo. ¡Qué hermoso contraste! ¡Me fascina!

Ya les voy a contar sobre el lugar donde Ramiro trabaja. Es una farmacia, “la farmacia del pueblo” es su nombre, pero vamos a ver que es mucho más que una farmacia.

Por supuesto dispone de todos los productos farmacéuticos que se espera de una farmacia, pero también una gama de productos naturales. Me enseñó algunos productos a base de plantas como la valeriana o el agua del Carmen para ayudar a dormir mejor. Ademas me indicó una pasta dental de Forever sin flúor. No tenemos el espacio para enumerarlos a todos. Recomendamos al lector que le haga una visita para descubrirlo por sí mismo.

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Farmacéuticos y Productos Naturales — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Farmacéuticos y Productos Naturales

En segundo lugar, se trata de un pequeño banco, dos bancos para ser preciso: el Banco de Guayaquil y el Banco de Pichincha. En esta farmacia la gente viene a hacer depósitos y realizar otros tipos de transacciones bancarias sin tener que hacer cola en una matriz y con el placer de hablar con un ser humano de carne, hueso y corazón en lugar de un “robot”.

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Banco de Guayaquil y Banco de Pichincha — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Banco de Guayaquil y Banco de Pichincha

En tercer lugar, allí se hace copias de la mayoría de los tipos de llaves con una maquina automática.

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Copias de llaves — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Copias de llaves

Por último y no menos importante, este es un lugar donde todo el mundo sonríe, lo que es una terapia que ninguna medicina en el mundo pueda superar!

Una pequeña gran farmacia en Loja Ecuador - Por el pueblo y para el pueblo — Una pequeña gran farmacia en Loja Ecuador – Por el pueblo y para el pueblo

Así que les recomiendo que lo visiten la próxima vez que vayan al mercado o cuando tenga la necesidad de comprar algún medicamento o producto natural.

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Pharmacy in Loja – By the people and for the people

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Only a few meters from the “centro comercial” main entrance in Loja, there is a pharmacy. The place is small indeed, so small that you may never have noticed it but his owner is not small and I don’t mean size-wise. Ramiro Delgado is what I would not hesitate to call a “great man”. On this beautiful sunny day I truly enjoyed spending a couple of hours with him.

Ramiro has done many things in his life and occupied important functions. For example, he was involved in writing the Ecuadorian constitution in 2008 in Montecristi and he has been the owner of a 5 floor business in central Loja with an ice cream parlor, a restaurant, a children playground, a dance club… but this place, this small pharmacy is truly his and he explains that it is in this place that he can truly be himself.

“Why own 10 businesses? To live with a level of stress of 500% ? No. It is better to be able to freely say hello to a friend, lend a hand to an elderly to help him cross the road. And be the person I have always been“.

“My father was a wise man and he used to say that money only has two virtues: it poisons the soul and kills the feelings. Because when you have money you think that you can buy it all, you lose the capacity to love, you lose the capacity to respect and fell compassion.”

So once again in this small third-world country called Ecuador, I found myself exchanging profound ideas with a great and wise man in the middle of a nothing place next to a popular market where people go to buy their potatoes and their chicken. How amazing!

Let’s take a look at the place this man is running, shall we? It is a pharmacy, “the people’s pharmacy” is its name, la “farmacia del pueblo”, but we shall see that it is much more than just a pharmacy. It has all the expected pharmaceuticals for sure but also a range of natural products. We don’t have the space to list them all here and I strongly advise the reader to pay Ramiro a visit and check him out. Below is an example of a popular plant-based products that help people sleep better.

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Pharmacueticals and Natural Products — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Pharmaceuticals and Natural Products

Secondly, it is a small bank, two banks more precisely: Banco de Guayaquil and Banco de Pinchincha. In this pharmacy people come to make deposits and perform other types of transactions without having to queue in a main branch and with the possibility to talk to a real flesh-bone-and-heart human being instead of a human-like robot.

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Banco de Guayaquil y Banco de Pinchincha — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Banco de Guayaquil y Banco de Pinchincha

Thirdly, Ramiro makes copies of most types of keys with an automatic machine.

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador - Key cutting — Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador – Key cutting

Finally and just as importantly, it is a place where everybody smiles and just that is a therapy that no medicine in the world can beat !

Farmacia del Pueblo Loja Ecuador — Pharmacy in Loja – By the people and for the people

So check him out next time you go to the market or have a need for medicinal products. His English is not great he does admit but he can understand you if you speak slowly.

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Consejos simples para identificar las serpientes peligrosas en Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador

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Que quede muy claro. No soy un especialista en el tema. Vivo cerca de Vilcabamba, un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Loja en el sur del Ecuador. Mi casa está ubicada en una finca (sector rural), rodeada de hermosa naturaleza y sí hay serpientes, escorpiones, arañas entre otros…

Una vez dicho esto, quiero comentarles que me he tomado un tiempo para tratar de identificar formas sencillas para saber si una especie de serpiente es mortal o totalmente inofensivo, algo que se debe admitir, es bueno saber cuándo se encuentra con uno.

Como he dicho antes, no soy un especialista y en este relato no hay ningún intento de cubrir el tema de manera exhaustiva. Es más bien un intento de hacer simple y fácil de entender algo que causa miedo y al parecer se torna complicado. Los lectores me dirán si lo logré.

He caminado por la finca durante años sin toparme con una de esas criaturas hasta que un día finalmente casi pisó una realmente muy grande Bothrops Asper, los nativos de este lugar la llaman Macanche. Quería tomar una siesta en el sol justo en el medio de mi camino a pocos metros del portón principal de mi casa. Era de aproximadamente 2 metros de largo (no, yo NO lo medí con una cinta) y su cuerpo debe haber sido alrededor de 10 cm – 15 cm de diámetro. Después de un momento de pánico, fui a buscar mi cámara y ya pude ver que la criatura era muy tranquila y de ninguna manera estaba a punto de saltar sobre mí, me senté a pocos metros de ella y tomé algunas fotos.

Yo digo “ella”, porque ahora sé que sólo las hembras de esta especie pueden ser tan grandes. En aquel entonces no tenía la menor idea que yo estaba observando a una de las serpientes más mortales del planeta, y mucho menos uno de los más grandes como ella. Mi instinto me decía que ella podía sentir mi energía y mi energía también era buena sabía que nada malo pasaría. Tenía mucha curiosidad debo admitir. Así que a continuación les presento a mi hallazgo.

Equis Bothrops Asper- Macanche - Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador — Bothrops Asper – Acá lo llaman “MACANCHE”

Después de algunos años sin haber visto a otro Equis, recientemente he tenido mi segundo encuentro, un espécimen más pequeño en esta ocasión. Tenía una mejor cámara conmigo con un mejor zoom y realice varias tomas. En la foto de abajo, la forma de la pupila se puede ver y es vertical, este es un parámetro importante.

Todoloja - Consejos simples para identificar las serpientes peligrosas en Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador — Todoloja – Consejos simples para identificar las serpientes peligrosas en Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador

En la foto justo por encima, así como en casi la totalidad de las fotos anteriores, dos puntos de color rojizo se pueden ver entre los ojos y el hocico. Este es uno de los atributos de identificación más importantes. Son los llamados “foseta loreal” u “órgano de Jacobson” y forman parte de los órganos de los sentidos, junto con la lengua que mi amiga está estirando en este preciso momento en una de las fotos de arriba. Estos órganos les permiten detectar a sus presas y creo que esta también es la forma en que “sienten” el miedo de las personas quizá a través de las feromonas que emites no estoy seguro.

Para identificar una serpiente uno tiene que mirar la forma de la cabeza, la forma de los ojos y la cola, más fácil decirlo que hacerlo, pero sé que esto es correcto.

La cabeza y los ojos

Las Equis tienen gran cabeza plana triangular que sobresale. Esa es una mala señal. Mientras que las serpientes inofensivas tienen una cabeza mas pequeña y en forma de cuchara.

Las Equis tienen pupilas verticales elípticas en comparación con pupilas redondas. Esa es otra mala señal.

Las Equis tienen los dos puntos rojizos, las así llamadas “foseta loreal”, y que es otra mala señal.

Para comparar vamos a echar un vistazo a otro de mis amigos que me encontré cómodamente durmiendo en mi techo justo encima de mi cabeza. Nuestra casa es una casa rústica hecha de bloques de adobe con techo de paja de caña de azúcar y se había quedado vacía durante mucho tiempo por lo que la serpiente hizo su casa. Pero una vez que siente la presencia humana ellos se escapan. Son animales muy tímidos.

Inofensiva - Dormilona — Inofensiva – Dormilona

La cabeza es más pequeña y más bien agudamente triangular en forma de cuchara, no mucho más ancha que el cuerpo, lo que significa que no hay lugar en el hocico de esta serpiente para las glándulas de veneno. También tiene ojos redondos.

Este es otro de los cuales encontramos en una pila de madera cerca de nuestra casa también es una especie de culebra bastante tranquila e inofensiva. Sus ojos grandes son muy similares a los de un “gato”, de ahí sale su nombre “culebra ojo de gato”.

La cola

Es cierto que la cola no es a menudo fácil de ver porque las serpiente tienen una tendencia natural a hacer un rollo apretado de sí mismas.

A continuación se muestra la misma macanche pero esta vez podemos ver claramente que su cola es gruesa y corta.

Bothrops Asper- Macanche - Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador — Macanche – Cola gruesa y corta

Por otra parte, esta que he encontrado en un estanque de agua que estaba dejando secar con el fin de realizar un mantenimiento, tiene evidentemente, una cola delgada y muy larga. Esta no es venenosa. Mientras que la Equis tiene una cola corta y gruesa, lo que significa que la forma del cuerpo se mantiene más o menos del mismo grosor y luego termina en una cola corta. En la muestra a continuación, está claro que más o menos un tanto de un 25% de la longitud del cuerpo se podría considerar la cola.

Serpiente inofensiva - Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador — Serpiente inofensiva – Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador

También es verde y tiene una cabeza pequeña. Otra cosa que he notado es que para empeorar las cosas, los chicos malos no se mueven se quedan completamente inmóviles mientras que los buenos tienden a huir. Lástima que no sea a la inversa.

En resumen

Mira la cabeza: plana, grande, triangular, que sobresale es malo
Mira a los ojos: redondo pupila es bueno, pupila vertical elíptica es MALO
Mira a las fosetas loreal: dos puntos rojizos entre los ojos y el hocico es malo
Mira la cola: largo y delgado es bueno / corto y grueso es malo

(*) Un truco para recordar cuál es cual. Pensemos en la serpiente de cascabel que todos sabemos que es peligrosa y su inconfundible sonido que hace con la cola advierte a sus depredadores que se mantengan alejados.

Sería difícil sacudir la cola y hacer el sonido si la cola fuera larga y delgada, mucho más fácil con una cola corta.

Así que hay que recordar: corta y gruesa = PELIGRO, larga y delgada = FIABLE.

Por desgracia, hay una excepción

Bueno, la vida no sería divertida si fuera tan fácil, ¿verdad?

En Ecuador, tenemos el placer de acoger una maravillosa y mortal llamada serpiente de CORAL o rabo de ají.

Un día estábamos disfrutando de nuestro desayuno en el corredor de la casa cuando de repente este tipo solamente “pasó” como si nada. Lo seguí y tomé algunas fotos. Aquí está él:

Serpiente Snake Coral (this one is dangerous) — Serpiente de Coral (peligroso)

Como se puede ver que tiene una cola larga y delgada y no podemos verlo en la foto, pero también tiene una cabeza pequeña. Sin embargo, es muy fácil de identificar debido a la belleza de sus vivos colores en los que predomina el amarillo el rojo y el negro.

Coral snake - Loja Ecuador — Serpiente de Coral – Loja Ecuador

Así que si eres un amante de la naturaleza y te gusta vivir en el campo ten cuidado camina siempre alerta!

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Porque Loja se queda atrás y no despega ?

Vivo y trabajo en Loja (y Vilcabamba y toda la provincia de Loja). Me dedico al turismo, he viajado y vivido en algunas partes del mundo y a veces me pregunto porque parece que Loja se queda atrás y no despega?

He descargado el mapa de la página wikitravel desde el siguiente enlace http://wikitravel.org/en/Ecuador y no puedo creer lo que ven mis ojos. Este mapa se puede ver arriba en este articulo.

¿Donde diablo esta LOJA? El Podocarpus si esta pero la palabra “Loja” no aparece, ni la ciudad ni la provincia. Macas, Riobamba, Puyo, Tena, hasta Babahoyo, pero Loja no existe !

No es la primera vez que me pasa este tipo de sorpresa. No es un error tipográfico aislado. Puedo dar otros ejemplos. La realidad es que el turismo internacional no llega acá. Los tours pasan por Quito, Otavalo, Centro del mundo, Galápagos, Cuenca, Guayaquil pero no pasan por Loja!

Tengo mis experiencias e ideas propias sobre la cuestión y las publicare próximamente en las páginas de bbxmusic.com. Mientras tanto me gustaría saber su opinión. Favor comente en la sección bajo esta publicación. Las tomare en cuenta y tratare de hacer una síntesis.

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Simple tips to identify dangerous snakes in Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador

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Let’s be clear and upfront. I am not a snake specialist. I live near Vilcabamba, a small village in the Loja province of southern Ecuador. My house is on a large piece of rural land (una finca) surrounded by beautiful wilderness and yes there are snakes (and scorpions and spiders).

Having said that, I took some time to try to identify simple ways to tell whether one snake specimen is deadly or totally harmless, something that you must admit is good to know when you encounter one.

Like I said, I am no specialist and this write-up is no attempt to cover the subject exhaustively. It is rather an attempt to make simple and easy to understand something scary and apparently complicated. Readers will tell me if I succeeded.

I roamed the land for years without ever bumping into one of those creatures until one day finally I almost stepped on one very large Bothrops Asper, the one that they call here the Macanche, that was having a nap in the sun right in the middle of my road a few meters only from my front door. It was 2 meters long approximately (no I did NOT measure it with a tape) and its body must have been around 10 cm – 15 cm diameter. After a moment of sheer panic, I went to get my camera and since I could see that the creature was very calm and in no way about to jump on me, I sat down a few meters from her and took some photos.

I say “her” because I now know that only the females of that species can be that large. I had no idea then that I was looking at one of the deadliest snake on the planet, let alone a large specimen of it. My instinct was telling me that she could feel my energy and since my energy was good nothing bad would happen. I was very curious I must admit. So below, there she is just like I found her.

After a few years without seeing another Equis, recently I had my second encounter, a smaller specimen this time. I had a better camera with me with a better zoom and I took some good close-ups. On the photo below, the shape of the pupil can be seen and it is vertical which is an important parameter.

Todoloja - Simple tips to identify snakes in Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador — Todoloja – Simple tips to identify snakes in Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador

On the photo just above as well as the almost all of them, two reddish dots can be seen between the eyes and the nostrils. This is one of the most important identification attributes. These are called “loreal pits” or “Jacobson’s organ” and are part of the sensory organs along with the tongue that my friend is precisely pulling out in one of the photos above. Using these organs they can sense you and I guess this is also how they “feel” your fear or lack thereof maybe through the pheromones that you emit I am not sure.

To identify a snake one has to look at the shape of the head, the shape of the eyes and the tail, easier said than done I know but that is what it is.

The head and the eyes

Equis has big triangular flat head that sticks out. That is a bad sign. Whereas harmless snakes have a spoon shaped head.

Equis has elliptical vertical pupils as opposed to round pupils. That is another bad sign.

Equis has the two reddish dots, the pits, and that is yet another bad sign.

To compare let’s have a look at another friend who I found comfortably sleeping in my roof right above my head. Our house is a rustic house made of adobe blocks with a sugar cane straw roof and it had been left empty for a long time which is why the snake made it its home.

Harmless snake - Dormilona — Harmless snake – Dormilona

The head is smaller and spoon-shaped rather than sharply triangular, not that much wider than the body, meaning that there is no room inside this snake’s mouth for the venom glands. It also has round eyes.

The one below which we found in a stack of timber in our shed is also harmless. It is a banded cat-eyed snake, totally harmless. It is called cat-eyed because … hmm … it has eyes that look like the eyes of a cat. It also has a relatively small head that does not stick out so much.

The tail

Admittedly the tail is not often easy to see because snake have a natural tendency to make a tight roll of themselves.

Below is the same macanche but this time we can clearly see that her tail is thick and short.

On the other hand, this one which I found in a water reservoir that I was letting dry in order to do some maintenance has obviously a thin and very long tail. That is good. Equis has a short and thick tail, meaning that the body does not get thinner and thinner over a large part of the body but stays pretty much the same thickness and then ends in a short tail. On the specimen below it is clear that roughly as much as 25% of the body length could be considered the tail.

Harmless Snake - Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador — Harmless Snake – Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador

It is also green and has a small head. Another thing I noticed is that to make matters worse, the bad guys don’t move and just sit completely still whereas the good guys tend to run away. Too bad it is not the other way round.

To sum it up

Look at the head: flat, big, triangular, sticking out IS BAD
Look at the eyes: round pupil is GOOD, elliptical vertical pupil is BAD
Look at the pits: two reddish dots between the eyes and the mouth is BAD
Look at the tail: long and thin is GOOD / short and thick is BAD (*)

(*) A trick to remember which one is what is to think about the rattlesnake that everybody knows is dangerous and makes a rattling sound with its tail.

It would be hard to shake the tail and make that sound if the tail was long and thin, much easier with a short one.

So to remember: short and thick = DANGER, long and thin = SAFE.

Unfortunately there is one exception

Hey, life would not be fun if it was that easy, would it?

In Ecuador, we have the pleasure to host a wonderful and deadly snake that is called the CORAL

One day we were enjoying our breakfast on the porch when this guy just “walked by” as if nothing. I followed him and took some shots. Here he is:

As can be seen it has a long thin tail and we cannot see it on the photo but it also has a small head. However it is very easy to identify because of its beautiful colors.

So beware of that one !

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