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a day at the artisan market

The most famous artisan market in Ecuador, and a must-see for most tourists, is the market in the small town of Otavalo. This town is comprised primarily of indigenous people and I believe is the only town of it's size to have an indigenous mayor. For this reason, the artisan craft market is...

permalink written by  Theresa on November 16, 2008 from Otavalo, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

crime on the rise

Going into this experience, I knew that Quito was not a safe city. But really, what city is truly safe? Petty crime (mostly pickpocketing) is rampant in Quito. It's a known problem and has been for years. However, over the last month we've heard more stories of violent crimes. Each moment on...

permalink written by  Theresa on November 15, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

Life Outside the City

Last weekend I had a few outdoor adventures, and time spent outside of the city. I live for these moments. As many things as Quito has to offer, I don't think I'm quite this metropolitan. I love to be elsewhere. So Saturday a group of friends and I went to TeleferiQo (the cable cars that...

permalink written by  Theresa on November 14, 2008 from Atahualpa, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

Quito: the city of every season, every day

One time, my friend Laura had her class come up with slogans to describe Quito. My favorite was, Quito: The city of all seasons, every day. This is true. It helps that Ecuador has only 2 seasons--wet and dry. We are now transitioning between the two seasons and the discrepancy between the two...

permalink written by  Theresa on November 7, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

a sigh of relief

I'd been hearing a lot of "Well, on Tuesday I'll know if I can ever go back to the States" type of comments lately. And the excitement and anxiety leading up to Election Tuesday was palpable. Here, nearly everyone I talked to about the election was for Obama, but I knew it couldn't be quite like...

permalink written by  Theresa on November 6, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

Happy Halloween!

During each teaching cycle, each class has two movie days. I had the pleasure of having my first movie days yesterday and today. With the holiday, I thought it was only fitting to watch a Halloween type movie, however still school appropriate--my students are 14+ in age. In my afternoon class...

permalink written by  Theresa on October 31, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

optical illusions

It's strange. I know I've only been living in Quito for a little over 2 months, and that I've only been officially working for 3 weeks now, but life seems so normal. I am sufficiently adjusted I believe. Since my plan is pretty much the same from day to day, I'm finding it difficult to find...

permalink written by  Theresa on October 30, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

adventures in teaching begin

Can you guess the category? 1) a man urinating on the sidewalk 2) a squished bird 3) a very dirty diaper behind the bus stop shelter 4) a little boy pouring his bag of chifles on the ground, staring at them, and then putting them back into the bag 5) sunshine, blue skies (usually...

permalink written by  Theresa on October 18, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

beach, but this time with some sunlight!

This weekend was the celebration of la Independencia de Guayaquil. This holiday, el 9 de octubre, takes over the country. Though Guayaquil celebrates hardcore with a 3 day long party, the other cities also take advantage of the holiday and there are a few days off work. Somehow, the ninth was my...

permalink written by  Theresa on October 14, 2008 from Atacames, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

PICTURES!!!

Hey all, So finally I've uploaded my pictures. Internet is much slower here so it took a while. Here's the link to my photowebpage: http://community.webshots.com/user/TinEcuador?vhost=community Enjoy!

permalink written by  Theresa on October 7, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador
from the travel blog: Adventures in Teaching and Living in Ecuador

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