{"id":4674,"date":"2020-05-07T11:56:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4674"},"modified":"2020-05-14T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T19:39:16","slug":"ecuador-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/ecuador-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsupplies.co.uk\/blog\/life-through-the-eyes-of-oswaldo-guayasamin\/\">Oswaldo Guayasam\u00edn<\/a>-inspired portrait, make Otavalo Textiles, or make some<a href=\"https:\/\/ecuadorianhands.com\/en\/blog\/post\/what-is-tagua-jewelry-learn-what-you-can-do-with-tagua-beads.html\"> tagua nut<\/a> jewelry.<\/p>\n<p><em>Need more inspiration? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/partner\/museo-casa-del-alabado\">virtual tours<\/a> of Ecuador\u2019s Museo Casa del Alabado.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Ecuador include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Core to Sun (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or, watch a student-made movie about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KaRVQNmQmqA&amp;t=\">Explorica trip<\/a> to Ecuador!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=urSNtaQKOAk\"> Go back to 1835<\/a> to learn about Charles Darwin\u2019s time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbITQ0dqxCQ\">studying animals and plants<\/a> in the Galapagos Islands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Galapagos at the Crossroads<\/em> by Carol Ann Basset<\/li>\n<li><em>The Evolution of Jane<\/em> by Cathleen Schine<\/li>\n<li><em>The Donkey Inside<\/em> by Ludwig Bemelmans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PrSWM3jd7jk\">cooking class<\/a> with your travel group, or support a local restaurant that offers delivery\/take-out of your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curiouscuisiniere.com\/locro-de-papa\/\">locro de papas<\/a> (potato stew), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laylita.com\/recipes\/llapingachos-or-stuffed-potato-patties\/\">llapingachos<\/a> (fried potato pancakes), or ceviche!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall up a friend or set up a group video chat and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/enroll\/es\/en\/Learn-Spanish\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nEcuador is the closest country to space!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get to crafting. Consider painting an Oswaldo Guayasam\u00edn-inspired portrait, make Otavalo Textiles, or make some tagua nut jewelry. Need more inspiration? Check out these virtual tours of Ecuador\u2019s Museo Casa del Alabado. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Ecuador include: <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/ecuador-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4675,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4674","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4674\/revisions\/4746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}