Three Branches Of Government. Download or order a poster. Constitution. The Founding Fathers, the framers of the Constitution, wanted to form a government that did not allow one person to have too much control. With this in mind, the framers wrote the Constitution to provide for a separation of powers, or three separate branches of government.
Also, telephone and Internet services seem to be slightly more expensive than back home. In conclusion, Ecuador currently is one of the cheapest places to live or retire in, where a monthly budget of $1,200 is more than enough for living a good life.
But bear in mind that our Galapagos trip was a gigantic expense (see below). If I remove the total cost of our Galapagos trip, our grand total spent was only $2,584.64. That equals an average of $68 per day (for two people!) on the days that we were not in the Galapagos. We also spent $400 on private Spanish lessons. If I remove that expense, our daily average drops to only $57.50 per day for two people, or $28.75 per person. As you can see, you can travel quite well on a budget of about $30 per person per day in Ecuador.