ECUADOR | Saturday, 11 Jan 2014 | Views [249]
After spending 11 days in Cuenca and 15 grateful days in Ecuador I think that I have come to better understand what it means to experience another country and appreciate their values and traditions. The class I’m taking here in this beautiful ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Saturday, 11 Jan 2014 | Views [329]
Today was yet another early bird morning day, and I wasn’t at all sure what I was getting myself into getting onto the bus Thursday morning. As we departed all I could think of when I went to Nicaragua and we hiked a dormant volcano and it was ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 10 Jan 2014 | Views [297]
Our first real “free day” couldn’t have come any sooner! About 9 of us decided to be a little adventurous and go zip linning to Cuenca Canopy, I’m not a fan of heights so I thought trying new things might have been a good thing ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 10 Jan 2014 | Views [353]
Over the last couple of days, we’ve been making trips to highlight the couple of topics we have discussed in class this week. The first was to Unsíon TV Station, I had never been to one to get to experience it. But when I had gotten there ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 10 Jan 2014 | Views [289]
In class we’ve been talking about identity and who we all are. The majority of the visits we do and places we go, my professor has asked us collectively, what are the identities here in this area, where can you find the different identities ... Read more >
Tags: cuencanos, identity, indigenous
ECUADOR | Wednesday, 1 Jan 2014 | Views [225]
So last night was “El Año Viejo” and after I meet my new family, I got to go home for a little bit to unpack and relax. Around 8:30 pm my mom told me that we were going to be leaving soon to go to her uncle’s home to celebrate ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 31 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Tuesday, 31 Dec 2013 | Views [261]
Getting up today was a little hard knowing that today was D-day, and we were getting our host families. I had feelings of anxiousness and nervousness because I wasn’t really ready to leave all of my new friends just yet. We all had gotten kinda ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 30 Dec 2013 | Views [341]
We left Quito pretty early to make our way to Hostería La Ciénega. A what used to be mansion now a hotel. I personally wish we coulda stayed a night there, but there's something about mansions that I associate with being haunted, so I'm ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 29 Dec 2013 | Views [384] | Comments [1]
For today we headed towards Quito, our forts stop was to the equator, 0°, 0°. Standing half in the northern hemisphere and half in the souther hemisphere was pretty awesome, how many people get to say they were standing in two at once! Had ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Saturday, 28 Dec 2013 | Views [481]
At 7am we started our day with a rough but exciting wake up call to let us know that we had 30 minutes until breakfast was ready. Rolling outta bed, I slowly got ready for the day. Breakfast was part Ecuadorian part American, in my opinion: homemade ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 22 Dec 2013 | Views [480]
To me culture is who I am, where I come from and who I will always be. I talk about my culture with a lot of pride, becuase it's me, plain and simple. I come from a Cuban, Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian family and I love all three parts of it equally. My mother ... Read more >
