As I wrap up my time here in Ecuador, I have been reflecting on how the month has gone. My travels have surprised me at times and I am thankful for the people I have met along the way, from the medical students from Reno who first showed me around Quito and gave me tips [...]

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Hello everyone! I haven’t updated lately and for that I am sorry. I’m also sorry you can’t access my photos very well from this WordPress blog. I will try to get them uploaded as soon as I can.
            This weekend was a lot of fun. I went with four other students from all over [...]

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It has been a while, and I’m sorry if I haven’t updated, but it was a busy weekend!
On Saturday, I spent the morning in Old Town and returned to my host family’s home for lunch. Then later I went to Mariscal, the tourist district, and made it just in time to the Internet café Papaya.net [...]

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Well, I’ve been here a week, and boy what a week it has been!
Here are some of the highlights from my time here thus far:

I got on the wrong bus Tuesday to go to my internship, and was wayyy south of where I should have been. I saw a man walking some goats by the [...]

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Well, I finally made it to Quito, but the going was NOT easy!
My
flight from St. Louis to Atlanta was not a problem. It was Atlanta to
Quito that proved to be rough! They switched gates on us three times;
we began at one gate, moved to another, and then they moved us back to
the original gate but [...]

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During my prep for my trip, I’ve come across a lot of misconceptions about the country and city I’m going to. Most of the misconceptions came from other people I’ve talked to about my trip or anytone trying to offer travel advice. I figured I would clear everything up so everyone has a better understanding [...]

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