Relational Reflection: Week 3 9CEA3691-8FC1-4D31-AF47-177A263CB593.

Relational Reflection: Week 3

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January 31st 2020
In our pre-trip information session for Otavalo, Fernando told us that it is custom practice to bargain for lower prices at markets. This cultural practice of bargaining was not new for me because when I was younger my mother would take me to yard sales and thrift stores where I would watch her negotiate. She taught me how to bargain and I anticipated Ecuadorians to act like Jamaicans at the marke ... read more

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more