Hola a todos! I'm about to leave to go to Ecuador for the year and I wanted to give everyone a little info about my program and my travel plans. I'm not sure how much internet I'll have, but I'll put up pictures and write about everything as soon as I can. Apologies in advance for my ridiculous writing style which I've heard is exactly like how I talk, but it'll just feel like we're chatting.
I'm going with a program called WorldTeach (organization started by Harvard in 1986 and now has volunteer groups like mine all over the world) and I'll be teaching English in Portoviejo (coastal town in the middle/north-ish part of Ecuador)at La Universidad Técnica de Manabí. I'll live with a host family and teach my own classes.. but that's about all the info I have about my placement so I'll let you know as I find out more about what I'll be doing.
Monday morning I'll fly from Rochester to Chicago to Miami and spend the night in Miami with the rest of the WorldTeach volunteers (there are about 30 of us from all over the US). I'll get to meet everyone there and learn about what we're doing during orientation. Tuesday morning we go to the airport at 5am and fly to Bogota, Columbia and then to Quito, Ecuador (the capital) in the afternoon. I'll be in Quito for the first month with everyone in the group getting trained in. I'll live with a host family for this month also but then I'll move permanently to Portoviejo for the rest of the year.
That's about all I have for now, I'm ridiculously excited to finally get down there and I'll update you when I've done some awesome stuff. Miss everyone already! LOVE.
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