[Apollo11]

From my personal experience in Vilcabamba; foreigners are more than welcome and I never saw/heard of any tipe of minorities being harrased or discriminated. Latin America is a land of inmigrants and most people have mixed blood/heritage in them and a relative/friend/family or acquaintance living abroad. I doubt Vilcabamba will become an overdeveloped area because of its location. Eventhough it is quite attractive in many ways; It is still far away enough to discourage many to move there. It takes a special kind of person. On the other hand I have seen the changes from the 90's to now and yes there are more people; and yes prices have increased due to NOT the amount of people but the kind of people who have moved to the area. IMMHO Vilcabamba is one of the top spots in the parts I of the world that I have explored where to have a good quality of live/value for money/safety, create and IC and/or move if a TEOTWAWKI kind of scenario where to happen. Cheers, Apollo