Ecuador Reflections
Things I miss about Ecuador: The cheap food. The beautiful scenery The “I’m in the southern hemisphere feeling.” The mountains The clouds The excuse not to carry a cell phone. The flowers The people The taxies – no really, taking a cab is fun. Things I don’t miss about Ecuador: The bacteria. The trash everywhere. [...]
Ecuador Day 8 – Friday March 21
Today was good Friday, a national holiday which means that all businesses are closed. We visited El Centro de Mundo or the Center of the World. At first I thought that the name was just clever marketing, but on the way we learned that this spot is the center of the metric system. The metric [...]
Ecuador Day 7 – Thursday March 20
Today we talked with a hotel manager, a missionary and the operations director for DHL. We also jumped off mountains and drove through downtown Quito in a bus and a private band. Hotel Quito We talked with Joseph Sugels the director food and beverage service at Hotel Quito about the challenges of running a hotel [...]
Ecuador Day 6 – Wednesday March 19
Today we visited a university, radio station and Hospital. Univserdad San Francisco de Quito The university has 5000 students and no dorms. Students either live on their own, with their families or with a host family. Since there is no where to sleep during the day the campus has a lot more activity than UMHB [...]
Ecuador Day 5 – Tuesday March 18
Today we visited a flower plantation a coffee company and a plastics factory. We also almost fell off a mountain in our bus. Some of the roads here are crazy. Some drivers are too. Flower Plantation One of the most interesting things about the flower industry is its relation to the drug industry. Flower farms [...]
Ecuador Day 4 – Monday March 17
We visited the U.S. commercial services today. And by “we” I mean everyone else because I was as sick as a dog with a bacterial infection in my stomach. The U.S. commercial services is a business that works with American companies helping them do business in Ecuador. They talked to “us” about the advantages and [...]
Ecuador Day 3 – Sunday March 16
Today we visited a Ecuadorian Baptist church. We missed the regular service and only got to visit the Sunday School which didn’t make a lot of sense since it was in Spanish. Yes. This is Popcorn and dried banana slices. Its an appetizer and not that bad Iglesia Means Church People leaving the Baptist Church. [...]
Ecuador Day 2
Today we studied micro entrepreneurship by visiting a local open air market. The breakfast bar at our hotel. The food here is good and amazingly inexpensive. I got a fillet mignon for $6. Permission Permission based marketing may be a new concept to us westerners but I know a couple of Ecuadorian girls aged 7 [...]
A New Adventure
I am setting of on one of the biggest, most exiting and dangerous adventures of my life. And I am not talking about my trip to Ecuador. Grace Chambers and I are now officially courting. And by official I mean Facebook official. After several meetings with her dad he asked her if she was interested [...]
Ecuador Day 1
This spring break Cynthia and I are going to Ecuador for International Business. Part of the course requires us to keep a journal of each days events. I thought I would share the trip with you. Today I learned that life does exist at 4am. My dad dropped me off at the airport. He is [...]
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