Destination: Ecuador

Time at Orphanage

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [291]

Today we went to visit and play with many kids at an orphanage in Guayaquil. I unfortunately did not find out the name of the orphanage, but I did have an experience of a lifetime. When I first walked in to the building, kids began to come up to us and ... Read more >

Time at the Orphanage

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [251]

Today we went to visit and play with many kids at an orphanage in Guayaquil. I unfortunately did not find out the name of the orphanage, but I did have an experience of a lifetime. When I first walked in to the building, kids began to come up to us and ... Read more >

Final Video Project

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 | By emilygapinski | Views [295]

Here is a link to my final project for my class!    http://vimeo.com/84038130      

Goodbye Cuenca

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [268]

Today we left Cuenca and our host families to adventure off to Guayaquil. It was sad leaving our families that we have spent the last ten days with them and have gotten to know them very well. We have built bonds that I had hoped for with our host sibilings ... Read more >

Final Project

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 | By krthomas12 | Views [316] | Comments [1] | Video

My final narrative project for the class. Check it out!

Day 14/15- Saraguro

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 | By krthomas12 | Views [279]

                The class departed early Saturday morning for a small indigenous town about 3 hours away from Cuenca. The Saraguros are the 4 th and final indigenous Andean group that we had an opportunity ... Read more >

Video: Rediscovering Identity

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [767] | Video

Here's a short video I did for my final class project summing up my experience in Ecuador so far. I hope you enjoy!

Tags: ecuador, identity, video

day 15/16 Saraguro

Sun, 12 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [265]

This weekend we visited a small village called Saraguro. It was about 3 hours out of Cuenca. We arrived and checked in this cute little hostel. When I heard hostel I pictured 10 of us sleeping in one room and sharing one bathroom. However, it was very ... Read more >

Final Thoughts

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By jasmint23 | Views [289]

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 >

Cajas National Park

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By jasmint23 | Views [364]

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 >

Day 12/13 and Analysis

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By krthomas12 | Views [235]

                On Wednesday, we visited a CEDEI school in Cuenca. We got to tour the classrooms and learn about the curriculum. It was a bilingual school in Spanish and English, and French is offered once ... Read more >

Day 11- Cuenca

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By krthomas12 | Views [247]

                Today was another normal day; we had class in the morning where we talked about healthcare in Ecuador. For lunch, we had a cooking class where we made Locro de Papas, which is a potato, cheese, ... Read more >

Riobamba

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By nance_kell | Views [284]

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 >

My Final Project- link to Youtube video.

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [239]

http://youtu.be/fyf9VogwpVI   My final project for my intercultural communications class. Enjoy! 

Quito

Sat, 11 Jan 2014 | By nance_kell | Views [327]

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 >