Fellow Stories

Martial Arts in Brazil

Joshua Reason

2013-04-23

Here is a video that I made at the beginning of my time in Brazil about the different types of martial arts I have encountered. There are three different styles featured here, but there are many more that can be found throughout Brazil (one example is Jiu Jitsu, which I discovered after making this video). Enjoy!

Tour of My Neighborhood

Jayshawn Anderson

2013-04-23

My Year Summarized (Video)

Jayshawn Anderson

2013-04-23

Take a look at my year captured in four minutes.

Feeling Fine with Time on the Mind

Avery Ashwill

2013-04-23

You learn a lot in a school year, but I’ve learned more about myself in the last seven months than I ever did sitting in any one of my high school classes. (Sorry, teachers everywhere.) Over the summer of 2012 I has all these great plans for my future. I’m going to go to Brazil,...

An Observational Blog Post: We Are Lucky

Sam Reeve

2013-04-23

An Observational Blog: Greetings, my family and friends, from the lungs of the Earth. Recently at work a few co-workers and I engaged in a conversation regarding teen pregnancy, a very common phenomenon in Ecuador, and subsequent marriage at a very young age. In many places, including some back in the United States, teen pregnancy carries a...

Winter/Spring Update

Sam Reeve

2013-04-23

Hola desde Ecuador! Let me get the elephant out of the room: I’ve been worse and worse with communication as the year has progressed because I am so happy and content with my life here that I practically fear communication with people on the “other” America. So I’m extremely sorry for my absence from the e-blogging...

As My Time Winds Down

Carrie Hamilton

2013-04-23

As I sit here in the Runa office in Archidona, I cannot help but feel the panic bubbling up in my chest: my time in Napo comes to an end in just a mere two weeks. All that has happened over the past six months and all of the people that I have met here in...

A New Year’s Tradition

Sydni Heron

2013-04-23

New Year´s Day is filled with tradition. One of my favorite Ecuadorian traditions is the burning of muñecas. Every household makes a lifesize muñeca (doll) or more than one to represent the old year. The muñeca can be a famous figure (like The Hulk or your favorite telenovela character), someone your know (see pictures number...

The Easter Tradition

Sam Reeve

2013-04-23

Happy Easter from Ecuador. I write to you today to share some of the goings-on of Semana Santa, or Holy Week, here in Ecuador. As many of you might have guessed, Ecuador, like most Latin American countries, consists heavily of Catholics because of Spanish conquest and installation of the Catholic faith hundreds of years ago (Note: exceptions can include...

An Outlet

Carrie Hamilton

2013-04-23

A drinking culture is undoubtedly very prominent in Ecuador and more specifically very prominent in the Kichwa communities surrounding Tena. When I lived in Alto Tena, it was common to see the community borrachos stumbling around at all hours of every day, and there was rarely a weekend without a community party. Something I heard...

Transitions, Differences – Change

Meliza Windmoeller

2013-04-23

*This is a poem written shortly after I moved from Napo to the province of Chimborazo to live* — What is the meaning of change? The definition? Is there even one? Most importantly, how do we learn to embrace Lo que nosotros no conocemos? (What we do not know) When a life you worked hard to create Slips through your fingers Leaving a trail of...

Capstone Video

Josh Thompson

2013-04-22

This is a video I made which I will show when I speak about my experience during my capstone presentations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgrDPn81Ml0&feature=youtu.be