This post is in response to a recent series on traveling solo. For more of the series, check out Alex Harker’s post “Lone Travelers,” Kate Bennett’s “‘Lone Travelers’ Part Two: Lone and Liberated!”, or Luba Guzei’s “‘Lone Travelers[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ecuador’
Eco Adventure Racing
I’m an adventure sports fan. I enjoy practicing sports that take me into new remote areas of Ecuador, testing my physical and mental endurance. Also, if done right, sports like mountain biking, trekking, kayaking, rafting, and surfing can bring innumerable benefits to a community and culture. For [...]
Modern Muse
Recently I have been torn between writing about my current city, Guayaquil, or returning to my favorite Inca town in Peru, Ollantaytambo. This week I decided to return in my writing to the Sacred Valley in Peru, in order introduce my source of renewed inspiration in my teaching craft. This inspirati[...]
Ecuador Interest
Just as our guests were leaving an informal welcome dinner hosted for some of the new teachers at our school, the power went out. On our street, about 15 meters from the front door of our apartment, a car apparently took the corner a bit too fast and collided with one of the cement poles [...][...]
Dueling Realities
Patrick Furlong attended Loyola Marymount University, where he was the co-founder of a popular service organization called Magis. As graduation neared, he became a bit too obsessed with Peace Corps infomercials asking how far he would go to answer life’s calling and before he knew it, found h[...]
June 18th, 2010 - 11:00 am § in Around Town, Ecuador
Homecoming
I expected re-entry into the US to be somewhat difficult when I came back from Ecuador. Standard wisdom says it’s harder to come back home than it is to go abroad. Certainly that was my experience when I lived in Japan—it was difficult getting used to the tightly controlled chaos that is Tokyo. [...]
May 7th, 2010 - 10:15 am § in Around Town, Ecuador
Confessions of an Urban Volunteer
There are certain things I know I like to have in order to be happy: ample exercise, a variety of foodstuffs (with lots of fresh fruits and veggies), and a network of interesting and intelligent friends who I can speak to in English (much as I hate to admit it). How many of those things would [...][...]
It’s Been Nice, But You Can Die Now
I suppose stomach parasites were inevitable. I was careful; despite my environmental convictions, I allowed my roommates to talk me into only drinking bottled water (we buy it in big bottles, I promise!). I didn’t open my mouth in the shower. Yeah, I brushed my teeth with tap water, but I spit tha[...]
