This will be my first ever trip out of the country without a family member, which is a HUGE leap. I am so much more nervous about Ecuador than I was about Africa. Actually I really wasn't nervous at all about Africa. But I guess once you take my mom out of the equation I become scared. But hey its South America and that is another first. I have never been to South America. Nor have I ever built a school or traveled with a volunteer group. So many firsts.
I will be posting the pictures and stories for Ecuador on The Green Backpack. However there is one little change...I will be posting after the trip. Since no computers are aloud on the trip and even if I smuggled one to South America (which I am not going to attempt) there is no internet so the stories would still be published when I get home.
I will be keeping a good old paper journal and taking thousands and thousands of extroirdanary photos. And when I return in two weeks I will be uploading them in an orderly fashion once a day (just to keep the suspense factor) I like to think of it as reading a book, but only being aloud to read the book a chapter at a time. Also I will be swamped with starting school in the fall plus closing down my Cafe/summer job and only having to write a story a day will keep me relatively sane while organizing two weeks of stories, pictures, and a kaleidoscope of feelings into orderly posts.
With that said don't go away for too long. At least come back for the end of August for some great stories!! And I am sure something will happen...It always does.
-Z
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