Traveling in Ecuador Again by Tim Ghazzawi: Last year, I spent at least 576 hours teaching to computer screens. September through March. 80 minutes per class. 3 classes a day. 4 days a week. 576 total hours. All from my dining room table. The outside world wasn’t much fun either. […]
Life After an Earthquake in Canoa, Ecuador by Tim Ghazzawi: In 2016 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Ecuador. Over 600 people died, thousands more were injured, and the tiny surf town of Canoa, near the epicenter of the quake, went into recovery mode. The government dispatched police officers and […]
A Reviving Return to Cuenca, Ecuador by Tim Ghazzawi: When we’re young we’re told not to get into cars with strangers. Traveling through South America, though, makes heeding that advice difficult, given the number of cars and vans and buses one must hail to get from place to place. They’re […]
My First Week in Ecuador by Tim Ghazzawi: When my Uber driver Jorge accepted me as his passenger that morning, he blew out a sigh. 50 minutes, his phone read. Across the city in morning traffic. He spoke Spanish in a way I did not recognize, faster and more strung […]