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Category: EcuadorBy zduff on Feb 15, 2011 in Ecuador | Comments Off
Ok. I thought I put a description in, so if this appears twice, I’m sorry.
This was probably the most terrifying thing I have ever done in my entire life. I signed up for it almost on a whim, I had heard other people speaking positively about it, so I decided to give it a go. [...]
By msunada on Feb 22, 2010 in Ecuador | 1 Comment
One of my favorite parts about my semester in Ecuador was the bus rides.
Everyone there rode the bus: teenagers, old people, pregnant women,
business people, farmers, families, shoppers, schoolkids, everyone. The
buses were crowded and busy, and the
drivers weren’t afraid of anything. They played the radio loud on the
overhead speakers, and they sped around corners and swerved [...]