Fellow Stories
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A Day In My Life
Josh Thompson
2012-12-13
Every morning I eat breakfast (my favorite breakfast thus far has been the pancakes, french fries, rice and guinea pig combination) with this view. That’s the volcano Mt. Imbabura. It’s visible from pretty much everywhere in Pijal. This is the home of the “Sumak Pacha” tourism organization, which I work for. It is also...
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Single Parenthood in the Andean Mountains
Tsion Horra
2012-12-11
One morning my host mother in Nizag and I were eating breakfast when I noticed the unusual abundance of eggs in the kitchen. Eggs, at $0.15 each, are expensive for my family. For this reason we eat eggs only occasionally. So I asked my host mom how we got them. My host mom bought the...
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True Poverty
Gabe Jackman
2012-12-11
I was at school one day, working with the other English teacher. We in between classes, and had some time to hang out and talk for a bit. While we were talking, a girl no more than seven years old came up to us and asked for 10 cents. She has done this before, and...
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The Pith and The Pit: Biting Deeper Into The Essence Ecuador
Aidan Holloway-Bidwell
2012-12-07
Having spent two months in Los Bancos, I have come to a time of analysis and reflection. This experience has thrown so many new and unexpected situations at me daily, that only until recently have I felt qualified to categorize events, reflect on similar aspects, and make certain comparisons. To bring life to these reflections...
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Happiness
Kalea Moore
2012-12-05
To be happy is what we all want in the end right? Happiness is the state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to joy. In the last month I have struggled extremely to find contentment and happiness in myself. From homesickness to real sickness its all been very hard. I find myself lonely...
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Competency
Meg Crenshaw
2012-12-05
I recently had a realization: While I was in the States, I was at least competent at the things I did in my daily life. Prepare breakfast? Check. Drive to school? Check. Lead a meeting? Check. Flush the toilet? Check. It’s a humbling experience to suddenly not be competent at everyday things. Flushing the toilet,...
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My Jungle Boogie
Sam Reeve
2012-12-05
My family of followers: Let me begin by apologizing for my poor, poor correspondence and updates with my blog. I have no excuse to give but that I’ve found it very easy to become caught up in the perfect weather, beautiful flora and fauna, and lovely people of Ecuador. To understate the last few months,...
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Presence
Tsion Horra
2012-12-05
This is my new host family. By far, they are the most welcoming and loving group of people I have met in Ecuador. My 18 year-old host sister is this athletic ball of energy that monopolized my attention the first time I met her. My host brother is a jokester. My host parents, caring and...
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Aidan In Ecuador: The Reality
Aidan Holloway-Bidwell
2012-12-04
Many are wondering: “What does Aidan do in Ecuador on a daily basis? We’ve read his ingenious bog posts and seen his jaw droppingly spectacular photos on facebook, but who is the man behind the myth?” Wonder no more, for included in this blog post is a riveting chronicle of a day in the life...
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Jackie Brown
2012-11-29
My average day in my community of Yambiro, Ecuador! Hope you enjoy 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoWqKJoQzOU&feature=youtu.be
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Last day of Quito, Reflections
Graham Collins
2012-11-29
[This was written months ago during my last day in Quito. Here are my thoughts of then, and I will try to do a new blog around the 1st of December with my current thoughts and activities. Even the inserts in this post from after writing are from months ago. I will literally copy and...
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An Assortment of Thoughts from September
Graham Collins
2012-11-29
Thoughts: I could have sworn I heard the “nyan cat” when I was walking down the street today. I was in the middle of Mindo when Ecuador scored a goal against Chile, and the whole town up and down the street just started yelling. It was pretty awesome. The recurring mistake I make in Spanish...
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