14 Jan

Ecuador

Touring Ecuador with my First Visitors

Over the Christmas and New Year’s Holiday, my long-time friend Gretchen and her partner Juniper came to visit Ecuador.  We spent 10 days touring the...

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09 Jan

Ecuador

Ecuadorian Christmas Traditions

For weeks I had been watching the calendar advance toward Christmas, yet I couldn’t believe it was true.  Warm sunny days and swaying palm trees...

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04 Jan

Ecuador

Las Casas de Dulces

Peace Corps Volunteers have three goals: to help provide skilled labor to the country we are serving, to teach the people of our host country...

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18 Dec

Ecuador

My New Family!

The Search: “The Gringita Needs a New Family!” Carmen, the owner of the store, introduced me to her family and has treated me like a...

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05 Dec

Ecuador

Friendsgiving- Something for Which to be Thankful

A large portion of our Omni 119 Group of Volunteers came from all over Ecuador to share in a traditional American Thanksgiving feast complete with food, some...

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27 Nov

Ecuador

Fiesta del Patron Teodoro Gomez

The first week of November is an important week for our school, Teodoro Gomez de la Torre.  It is the anniversary of the founding of...

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16 Nov

Ecuador

Colada Morada

During the holiday of El Día de Los Difuntos, or Day of the Deceased, families gather together to remember and visit their relatives at the...

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11 Nov

Ecuador

Dia de los Difuntos

November 2nd: Some know it as All Souls’ Day.  In Mexico, it’s El Día de Los Muertos.  In Ecuador, it’s called El Día de Los...

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30 Oct

Ecuador

“Salve oh Patria!”

“Salve oh Patria!” “Hail our Homeland!” These are the first lines of the Ecuadorian National Hymn which is sung loudly and proudly to the raising...

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14 Oct

Ecuador

It’s Festival Season!

Ecuadorians love their festivals.  Each city, it seems, celebrates the date of their historic founding. Then, they have to celebrate the founding days of other...

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