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Tue, 7 Jan 2014 | By emilygapinski | Views [320]
Today in class, I had the opportunity to look in depth about oil and the economy. I found out that oil is about half of the export earnings of Ecuador. This was a surprising fact for me since, in the time I have been in Ecuador, I have not noticed traces ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By ashleytg | Views [349]
Have you been on TV before? Well we were on TV in Cuenca for about 10 seconds when the camera panned to us while we were watching a cooking show be taped live at the Unsión television station. It was so interesting for me to visit the station ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By katielysehuns | Views [226]
January 6
If there is one thing I have noticed myself doing a lot on this trip, it is comparing the U.S. to Ecuador. When I go out to eat in a restaurant, the quality of food, peoples' habits, their clothing quality. At first I thought of myself ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [629]
It’s official. I’m tired. We’ve been having so much fun that I can’t keep up anymore! I’m so glad I’ve decided to take tonight to work and homework and relax. I have to say, the boy advice from our host dad and bonding ... Read more >
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Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [179]
We focused our day today on media and the effect that it has on the Ecuadorian people. In class we learned that Media has three key components. The first is production, which if we go back to the transactional model, is the sender. Within production ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By lachowiezm | Views [291]
Today our discussions in class focused on Ecuador's media and the role media plays in our perceptions. Many of the places from which we get our ideas of cultures ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By krthomas12 | Views [260]
Today was a rather relaxing day, but very eventful for my thoughts and views on some of the differences between my culture and the culture of Ecuador. We woke up early to take a day trip to ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [213]
This morning I woke up at 6:30 am to go for a run along the trail again. Once more, it was filled with people. I probably passed 100 people and there was a group fitness dance class going on in the park with about 50 more people. Yesterday on our tour ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By teresakast | Views [663] | Comments [2]
This experience in Ecuador has put in perspective for me how much the United States is a consumerist culture. Everything is so simplistic here. Our whole culture in America revolves around money. People in our culture ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By teresakast | Views [1845]
The traditions in Ecuador are very different than in the United States. I was lucky enough to take part in El Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve). The first night in Cuenca was December 31, and my host family included ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By danibutrum | Views [230]
Monday January 6, 2014 was another busy day but I am happy today is almost over because I had to present a facilitation project to my class with two other girls that I was nervous for but am happy it is over with. I began my day by waking up at 7:00 ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Jan 2014 | By ashleytg | Views [310]
Today was a big culture shock and culture absorption day. It all began during our drive to visit the Ingapirca ruins. We drove through and stopped in the town of the Cañari indigenous tribe. We first drove past their little stop along the side ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [260]
Zip-lining through the Andeas Mountains was at first an intimidating activity for me since I am afraid of heights. After some persuasion, I managed to sign up for it and on the morning of January 4 th , 2014, I did my first zip-lining trail! The zip-... Read more >
Sun, 5 Jan 2014 | By lachowiezm | Views [395]
This has been such a busy weekend! Yesterday morning we went zip lining just outside of Cuenca. There were seven different lines that we did, three being over ... Read more >
Sun, 5 Jan 2014 | By krthomas12 | Views [252]
This morning, a group of 9 of us went zip lining. We drove about a half-hour outside of Cuenca to the foothills of the city. Most of them had never been before, and everyone had an absolute ... Read more >
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