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Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By nance_kell | Views [272]
On the road again! I am starting to feel very exhausted. I feel lucky though because some people are starting to feel sick because of the altitude but I feel pretty good. On our way to Riobamba we stopped at a Hosteria. Here I had the most amazing hot ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [233]
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My final project for my intercultural communications class. Enjoy!
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By nance_kell | Views [307]
Another day, another adventure. It was a pretty impactful day. We first went to the middle of the world (the Equator). It was insane to hear about all of these misconceptions people have about the Earth and our relation to the universe. For example, ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By nance_kell | Views [304]
Finally arrived in Ecuador last night! I was so excited to get off the plane and see where I would be staying the next 3 weeks! We were all exhausted by the time we arrived that once we got to the hotel we all went to our rooms and crashed. Today (our ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By emilygapinski | Views [362]
Visiting Cajas National Park was such an amazing experience today. It will probably end up being my favorite day out of this whole trip. The views were absolutely breathtaking. For the majority of our hike, there were no roads or phone lines to be seen.... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By jasmint23 | Views [326]
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 >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By jasmint23 | Views [380]
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 >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [499]
Well, it’s our last full day in Cuenca and our last class period of the trip. I only have one week left in Ecuador! When signing up for this trip at the last minute in October, I would have never guessed that my experience would have been quite ... Read more >
Tags: last day, normal, real, soy
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By katielysehuns | Views [248]
I've been learning information about intercultural communication for two weeks now and have come to understand the Ecuadorian culture pretty well. I have experienced these things through my host family as well as trips to certain parts of Cuenca. These ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [368]
Our last lecture was today and it was on education. We learned about the different learning styles, disparities within education, and much more. The professor discussed the teaching styles within the different learning styles and there are four steps ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [457]
At 7:45 this morning, we loaded the bus for Cajas National Park. I heard that this trip would be exciting and “magical” but I wasn’t sure how magical it would be for me. I love hiking, but wearing rubber boots and three layers at 12,000 ... Read more >
Tags: cajas, paper tree, patient flower, secret streams, sponges
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By jasmint23 | Views [322]
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
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [279]
I think today has been my overall favorite day so far. I woke up at 5:45 am went for my usual run then we left for school at 7:15 to arrive by 7:45. We were departing for El Cajas National Park. It was about thirty minutes out of the city and I wasn’... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By lachowiezm | Views [566] | Comments [1]
Today in class we discussed the impact of cultural differences on education in Ecuador. I liked that through this discussion we were able to apply many of the things we saw at the CEDEI school ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By teresakast | Views [405]
I think the most odd and interesting activity we have done so far is having an indigenous person from the Andes come show us how natural medicine is done. He talked about how they don’t believe in sickness, they only believe ... Read more >
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