See the video below, where Dan Prescher reports from Cotacachi in Ecuador with the weekly wrap-up of InternationalLiving.com free postcards for the week ending July 9.

Last week, Lee Harrison wrote that Cartagena may be Colombia’s most famous Caribbean beach town, but if you want to have a great time on the Caribbean seashore, there’s a real treasure just 110 miles further up the coast—Santa Marta. Here, Lee found a three-bedroom apartment there just three blocks from the beach for $55,000. Read more about Santa Marta, Colombia’s oldest city, in his postcard.

Adventure traveler Marc Rogers reports on Uruguay’s colonial gem, aptly called Colonia del Sacramento. Marc says this little seaside town is just one hour from Buenos Aires and has some of the best-preserved colonial architecture on the entire continent. Read why this charming colonial town is his favorite.

When it comes to pampering yourself, Glynna Prentice says there’s nothing quite like a spa, and in her postcard she gives the details on what she says is one of the best spa values in the Americas… the town of Banos, Ecuador. Good food, long messages, hot baths… Glynna will make you want to go. Read her postcard and see for yourself.

Steenie Harvey has done it again. She’s in Barga, Italy, a typical Tuscan jewel box town, but she’s found real estate at anything but typical Tuscan prices… like a restored village house for less than $100,000. Follow Steenie off the beaten path in Italy and see what else she found on her Tuscan travels.

What’s your dream job? Might it be traveling the world taking photos of exotic places…and getting paid for it? In his postcard last week, Holger Mette explains how he does just that, and how you can, too. Holger’s been to 56 countries in the last three years. Nice work if you can get it. Find out more in Holger’s postcard.

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