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The Cleansing
(May 30 '07)
So, yesterday my new profesora Martha took me to the open air market during our spanish class. It was so cool... so beautiful just with all of the fruits and vegetables and everything - very ...
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31 de Octubre
(Oct 31 '05)
Saturday I walked around the city and watched a parade of what looked like boyscouts and girlscouts, but they were beating on drums as loud as they could. Even the rain did not slow them down. The ...
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Cobblestone streets and strolls by the river
(May 19 '07)
Getting over the border to Ecuador was not much fun. There is this really dodgy town sitting in no mans lands where we had to wait while the truck immigration was sorted. For security were did not get ...
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Not for the faint of heart
(Jun 02 '07)
So, on Friday we had cuy... it´s guinea pig, which is the national dish of Ecuador. I know this seems totally horrendous to most of you, but it is a big deal here – and considered a privledge to eat ...
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Safety Standards
(Jun 07 '07)
I have been meaning to discuss the safety standards here in Ecuador and how they are so *vastly* different from those in the U.S. You'll see toddlers here riding on the backs of motorcycles or 20 kids ...
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OVNIs and other unidentified objects
(Jun 04 '07)
It's hard to believe that I have been without a job for an entire month. Now I know what those people without jobs mean when they say that they find things to do to completely fill their days without ...
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Oct 10th, 2005
(Oct 10 '05)
I met a woman named Emily, who lives in London and is originally from New Zealand. We watched the futbol game Ecuador v Uruguay at a local bar- it was projected on the wall. No toilet paper but they ...
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Cuenca
(Nov 19 '07)
The bus from Alausi to Cuenca took forever. Next to me sat a guy from Aachen, Germany (later on I found out his name is Alex). We had a chitchat and after about one hour he told me that he didn´t feel ...
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Oct 6th 2005
(Oct 06 '05)
Cuenca is very urban, 300,000 people, beautiful mountains surround the city. Narrow stone streets and lots of cars- so smoggy. My hostal and school are near the center of the city, so I can walk ...
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18 Oct 2005
(Oct 18 '05)
Friday night I was to meet friends at the new bar that was opening in town. It was a block from my hostal, but my friends could not remember the name of it. Anyway I waited an hour at the wrong bar ...
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Recent Blogs for Cuenca
so, i've been here about a month now. i'm getting used to all the things that are different and interesting. (like being the tallest person wherever i go) i really love it ...
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Cuenca, Ecuador, February 4, 2008
“Carnaval” is the major holiday season of the year for Ecuadorians. They begin throwing water just for the sake of getting people wet ...
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First of all, I want to let all of you know that I arrived safely in Cuenca, Ecuador. Thank you so much for your prayers! Secondly, I want to say that I’m sorry that I ...
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