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Quito

Now in the capital city of Ecuador. Staying in the new town with numerous bars and clubs none of which we can visit as we are on medication for more parasites and food poisoning. In the new town we have visited contemporary art museums, Ecuador's national museum, the second highest football...

permalink written by  billyandsophie on July 27, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: South America

Quito

Stopped over for a night before setting off for the coast. No time for sight seeing, asied from the hostel, we only saw the inside of a supermarket!

permalink written by  billyandsophie on July 20, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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Last trip to Búa

Returned from Búa yesterday afternoon. Worked with Pascal on the mapping project and discussed the continuation of the work after we both leave Ecuador this month (in my case at the end of next week). Also discussed my visit to Finca Sarita with Alfonso, a Tsa'chila collaborator with Yanapuma....

permalink written by  cjones on April 05, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: so-journ

Mi hija

Had a great time with Alyssa last week, traveling around the northern part of the country - the cloud forest around Mindo, the coast at Canoa, the traditional market at Otavalo in the _highlands_ and the historic center of Quito.

permalink written by  cjones on March 24, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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Anticipation

Waiting with much excitement for Alyssa to arrive tonight and then to travel with her around the country next week. :) Making good progress with the mapping of the Búa territory. Visited Búa again Tuesday and Wednesday to coordinate with Pascal, who's been living there, taking GPS...

permalink written by  cjones on March 15, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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Robbed!

The night before last, a place where I and many other interns and volunteers had stashed our belongings, was broken into, ransacked and robbed. I was away in the Búa community only one day when I heard the news, and returned yesterday to assess the damage. Lost my travel guitar, but other...

permalink written by  cjones on February 21, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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Local thinking

Spent a couple of days at a farm on the coast, on a nature reserve owned by George and Christine, a couple from Peru who moved from the city to live close to the land, to help organize associations for conservation and organic production, and to set an example for others in how to manage the...

permalink written by  cjones on February 14, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: so-journ

Good works

In thinking about how I can best serve in rural communities, and from observing the work of the organizations I've encountered so far, it seems that those that are secular (in practice if not in name) could have good intentions but may hesitate to "impose" a set of values. Too often in the past,...

permalink written by  cjones on January 31, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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Yanapuma

Returned last night from 3 days in the Tsa'chila communities around Santo_Domingo_de los_Tsa'chilas, mostly in the community of El Búa. Met many local people, participated in a community meeting, walked around, and learned about people's lives and needs. Did a tour of a small nature reserve,...

permalink written by  cjones on January 24, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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Too much technology?

Now I've been in Quito for a week, starting the work at the Yanapuma Foundation. Currently, Yanapuma is focusing their work on two indigenous communities - the Bua in the rainforest to the west and La Chimba in the mountains to the northeast. I'm still getting familiar with the needs and...

permalink written by  cjones on January 15, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
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