cherylpomeroy
I often felt as a kid that I did not fit in to my family or culture, so why not try ethnography, where one will never fit in? Years of study yielded 3 degrees in anthropology and prompt sub-employment. Several careers later, I'm able to retire and return to Ecuador with my husband and see my life come full circle.
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Through the Looking-Glass: Healthcare in Ecuador
Through the Looking-Glass: Healthcare in Ecuador After Alice falls down a rabbit hole in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, she steps through a mirror in Through the Looking-Glass into another fantasy world filled with walking and talking chess pieces and animals. Moving to another culture in a new country sometimes makes one feel like Alice. Things […]
Llullundongo: The Ecuador I Knew is Gone
My mother called it “Shangri-La,” locals call it “San Juan,” and I call it “Llullundongo,” but it’s full name is San Juan de Llullundongo. The name comes from Mount Llullundongo, which is one of the “smaller” mountain peaks (10,000+ ft) along a spur of the Western Highlands that juts out toward the coast and helps […]
Hello Family and Friends!
While the layout of this blog is being worked on, why not jump in now? But wait a minute! Why jump in at all? Why would I want to blog? I’m retired, kicking back, cooling my jets, tranquilo, right? And….. for God’s sake, a blog about expat life in Cuenca — a subject so thoroughly […]