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

| October 5, 2016 | 2 Comments

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 […]

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Llullundongo:  The Ecuador I Knew is Gone

Llullundongo: The Ecuador I Knew is Gone

| September 21, 2016 | 2 Comments

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 […]

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Hello Family and Friends!

Hello Family and Friends!

| September 16, 2016 | 2 Comments

  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 […]

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