Trip: Ecuador
There are [10] stories from my trip: Ecuador
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012 | Views [130]
I had been warned by my host family and others that Carnaval was crazy, but did not understand when or what it was. All of February has been filled with holidays, one after another and now Carnaval has come to end it the month. I was introduced ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Saturday, 18 Feb 2012 | Views [349]
I had arranged to meet Fredy at his Hosteria today to help him work in return for a Spanish lesson. I headed out and caught the Blue bus number one as instructed, but had failed to ask which direction I needed to go. In the town of Napo I wondered about ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 17 Feb 2012 | Views [347]
While struggling terribly to lean how to make one of Jupita´s bracelet patterns a man stopped by to talk. He learned that I was a citizen of the United States and immediately asked if I would help him set up his email. He goes by the name of Fredy ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Friday, 17 Feb 2012 | Views [405] | Comments [1]
I stumbled upon a new group of friends as I was making my was home from English classes in the Amazonian Community. Three people were sitting on the street corner selling jewelry. One of the men greeted me to begin a conversation. I was in no particular ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012 | Views [825]
Apart from family, friends, and school I have perhaps come to miss the luxturies of a copier machine and toilet paper the most. Both of these things are available in Ecuador, but the availability and culture is very different. Copier Machine: I have ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 12 Feb 2012 | Views [510]
This
week my challenges have been being sick, teaching English, and helping
in a classroom where the children do not respect me. Coming down with a
cold in a foreign country is difficult. In Colorado I am familiar with
the language and the ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 6 Feb 2012 | Views [292]
Feeling slightly loney, I went to my regular hangout spot at Lauran´s Helado-ria to seek out some enlish speaking friends. Eventually two stereotypical hippies walked in with dreaded hair and loose fitted natural clothing. I strained to listen if they ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 5 Feb 2012 | Views [646]
Upon my walk home last week a man stopped me on the street and invited me into his family´s sewing shop. I had been wondering about the city trying to find my way home and greatfully accepted. The man, Fausto, is part a Kichwa (indiginous) community ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | Views [500]
I have arrived in Tena. My family includes my most parents, grandmother, cousins, and three sisters. We live in the San Jorge district of Tena, the capital city of the district Napò. No one in the family speaks english, but regaurdless of language my ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 29 Jan 2012 | Views [394]
There is no defining moment for when my journy began. It could have been eight months ago when I first booked a four month long trip to Ecuador or perhapes it has been the process of excitment and nevesness that I experienced leading up to the day ... Read more >
