{"id":417,"date":"2016-06-15T18:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-06-19T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T13:07:35","slug":"my-ecuador-higher-education-leadership-study-abroad-trip-thursday-june-2nd-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"My Ecuador Higher Education\/K-12 Leadership Study Abroad Trip: Thursday June 2nd, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We all woke up\u00a0early the next day to report to breakfast at our bed\/breakfast locale. Here is a picture of the breakfast table.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_419\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419\" class=\"wp-image-419 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Our Breakfast Table\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o-562x999.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13392190_757480503738_6169555122663012400_o.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our Breakfast Table<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We got to eat all types of fresh native fruits and\u00a0juices. They\u00a0was delicious. Farmers in Ecuador do not use pesticides. Personally, I found that the fruits were\u00a0juicier and sweeter than the same fruits available in the US. I had been warned not to eat any fruits there before I left unless I could peel them or risk getting digestive problems. Nevertheless, I did eat a pear and an apple and did not have not have any digestive problems at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We spent the rest of the morning until noon, presenting to each other for the purpose of getting to know each other using a\u00a0Pecha Kucha style of presentation. You can learn more about this type of presentation on this webpage:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pechakucha.org\/\">http:\/\/www.pechakucha.org\/<\/a>\u00a0. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">There is a great YOUTUBE tutorial on how to create this type of presentation using PowerPoint on this page. If the video does not show below this paragraph, just refresh this webpage.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9zxNTpNMLo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After the presentations, we all went to a local restaurant for lunch, which was located in the colonial style area of Quito. Here we are at the restaurant and this is what I ordered. It was a coconut shrimp dinner with rice, plantains and native Ecuadorian fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-439 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay-576x1024.png\" alt=\"RestaurantSecondDay\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay-562x999.png 562w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RestaurantSecondDay.png 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay.png\" alt=\"FoodSecondDay\" width=\"1144\" height=\"998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay.png 1144w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay-768x670.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay-1024x893.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FoodSecondDay-816x712.png 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We decided to spend the rest of the evening until 5:00 pm exploring the many Cathedrals \u00a0located in this area. Here is a picture of one of the\u00a0amazing cathedrals that we visited. The name of the place is, &#8220;Iglesia de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda de Quito&#8221;. Here is a picture of the outside of the church.\u00a0Nevertheless, visitors are not allowed to take pictures inside this church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Iglesia-de-la-Compa\u00f1\u00eda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-482 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Iglesia-de-la-Compa\u00f1\u00eda-576x1024.png\" alt=\"Iglesia de la Compa\u00f1\u00eda\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Iglesia-de-la-Compa\u00f1\u00eda-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Iglesia-de-la-Compa\u00f1\u00eda-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Iglesia-de-la-Compa\u00f1\u00eda-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Iglesia-de-la-Compa\u00f1\u00eda-562x999.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Additionally, we\u00a0also visited Quito&#8217;s Presidential Palace known as, &#8220;Carondelet Palace&#8221;. Here is a picture of part of the outside of the palace and \u00a0another picture of me posing next to one of the live guards outside the palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Palace.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-487 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Palace-576x1024.png\" alt=\"Palace\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Palace-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Palace-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Palace-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Palace-562x999.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GuardPalace.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-486 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GuardPalace-768x1024.png\" alt=\"GuardPalace\" width=\"634\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GuardPalace-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GuardPalace-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GuardPalace-749x999.png 749w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GuardPalace.png 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"js_25\" class=\"_5pbw\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;C&quot;}\"><\/h5>\n<p>Finally, we returned to Bed\/Breakfast location, where we were also having dinner. As part of the dinner, a local attorney name Leonardo Sempertegui \u00a0who represents the main accreditation agency in Quito came to speak to us about the Current Issues and Laws regarding how colleges\/universities in Ecuador earn accreditation status. This session lasted until 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of my study abroad group posing with attorney\u00a0Leonardo Sempertegui .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PictureGroup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PictureGroup.png\" alt=\"PictureGroup\" width=\"827\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PictureGroup.png 827w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PictureGroup-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PictureGroup-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/PictureGroup-816x226.png 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all woke up\u00a0early the next day to report to breakfast at our bed\/breakfast locale. Here is a picture of the breakfast table. We got to eat all types of fresh native fruits and\u00a0juices. They\u00a0was delicious. Farmers in Ecuador do not use pesticides. Personally, I found that the fruits were\u00a0juicier and sweeter than the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[225,229,228,223,195],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-higher-education-leadership-study","tag-ecuador","tag-global-citizen","tag-professional-development","tag-study-abroad","tag-trip"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}