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Mi Cuento 13 January 2009 – Ecuador 7
ECUADOR Hola de Quito! I finally got some pictures up. This apparently is not a very good blog website, but I’m determined to stick with it anyway. To view pics I think you need to just click on the little camera button on the right side of the advertisement-like box at the top. Some of…
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Ecuador – Ecuador 4
Fuya Fuya, Quichua for Point Point, is a mountain in the Lagos area close to Otavalo. Its two prominent points give it its name. We drove to Fuya Fuya with the group of volunteers and Christian, Pablo, Grace, and Max who are members of Gilbertos family. The drive in the jeep was bumpy and, since…
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Ecuador – Ecuador 5
I was paired with Christopher to reach at Chuchuqui, the furthest village from Otavalo. This meant that most or even all our kids would be indigenous-something i was hoping for. Our first day of classes was nerve raking since I had no teaching experience, especially with kids in intermediate. We drove up a dirty road…
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Ecuador – USA 7
We spent the morning exploring around Quito, mostly on Avenudo de las Amazonas- a tourist avenue that runs across Quito. We went into a couple of churches and had our first look at Ecuadorian crafts. In the afternoon, we went to the airport to pick up Daylin. When the group went to Otavalo, Daylin and…
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Mi Cuento 13 January 2009 – Ecuador 8
Hola familia y mis amigos! I am on my second week in Quito. I am living with a very nice family cerca de Parque Metropolitano Bellavista. Below me are two other girls in the same complex. During the week I go to Conservation Biology for 3 hours at USFQ, an ultra fancy, non representative of…