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  • Perú

    Perú

    Does it sound fun to travel with 3 small children to Machu Pichu? Perhaps the 2nd kind of fun, that’s only fun in the re-telling. Let me tell you, it is not for the faint of heart! Getting to Machu Pichu entailed a taxi ride, an overnight bus ride, a 2 hour taxi ride, 2… Read more

  • A J-O-B

    Sometimes my dad used to say that about jobs, call them J-O-B’s. Well, I got one, of sorts. A fellow Ultimate Frisbee player referred me to the job. At the end of January I became an employee of We English, a company that provides English tutors to students in China. I had my first interview… Read more

  • 3 hospitals and my hero of the day

    On the Tuesday of Carnaval, when everything was closed and everyone spends time with their family, Luz’ fever hit 103.5 degrees. Now, she had had a fever off and on for 10 days at this point, and I had been giving her infant ibuprofen when it got to around 101 degrees, but finally I was… Read more

  • 4 small kids in one bedroom

    4 small kids in one bedroom

    On Sunday, February 24th, Tomu’s friend Scarlett (age 5 ½) and her family came to visit us for 12 days. Tomu and Scarlett met at Chavitos, the outdoor Spanish school in Tacoma, and Tomu put me in the awkward position of having to ask a complete stranger if her daughter could come play, right now.… Read more

  • New friends

    New friends

    We met an Alaskan family on the bus to Cajas back in January. Ashley, a Spanish teacher and Scott, an art teacher, are living in Cuenca with their two kids, Cormac and Story for the year. They return to Anchorage in June, sadly for us. We have decided to stay another year in Cuenca, and… Read more

  • Carnaval

    Carnaval

    In Ecuador, Carnaval is celebrated by spraying each other with foam, similar to shaving cream in consistency, which comes in all colors and by getting each other wet. In some towns they put raw eggs on each other, and flour; in another town they smear mud on each other on the banks of the river.… Read more