My memory from last week is a bit suspect now, but I will try and cover the last week as well as I can. Work was pretty slow this week. The organization is currently having legal troubles so we moved out all of the valuable items for the week until we knew it was safe to bring it all back. It's pretty complicated. That meant that were were pretty much without computer access … [Read more...] about Quito…–>Guayaquil…–>Quito
Quito
A Cult Has Taken Over Quito
Thursday was a wash. Easily the worst of seven days I have spent in Ecuador. While I was feeling perfectly fine, just a little tired, I somehow could not form a logical sentence that day. I ended the night with a few unenthusiastic games of cards with the girl from the U.K. and a guy from Chile. The Chilean had ridden for nearly 72 hours from Chile in busses. It makes sense … [Read more...] about A Cult Has Taken Over Quito
A Foodish Post
On Monday I worked all day. All day. But I also finished just in time to meet some other travelers. I spoke with a French guy in Spanish for a while which is a good thing because prior to then my encounters with the French were mostly negative. On Tuesday disaster struck when all three of my websites would not load. This is the kind of problem that is solved with a simple … [Read more...] about A Foodish Post
Why Ecuador?
This marks my first post in this blog. I have exactly 32 days left until I leave for Ecuador on May 2nd, 2007. I decided that I would find an internship this summer and also travel for at least a month afterward. I am majoring in Anthropology and Communications which are essentially useless for finding a job after I graduate, or so i heard. It seems the only way to get a job … [Read more...] about Why Ecuador?
Ecuador in Summary
I often rave about Colombia so much that I forget tell people of the place that I spent more than 2 1/2 months in last summer. onely Planet describes Ecuador as "the smallest country in the rugged Andean highlands, Ecuador has an array of vibrant indigenous cultures, well-preserved colonial architecture, otherworldly volcanic landscapes, dense rainforest and sublime islands - … [Read more...] about Ecuador in Summary