{"id":10067,"date":"2020-04-29T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10067"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:30:28","slug":"ecuador-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/ecuador-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Organize 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>\u00a0<\/em><em>of Ecuador\u2019s Museo Casa del Alabado.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Watch 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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KaRVQNmQmqA&amp;t=\">Explorica trip<\/a> to Ecuador!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Study some history<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dive 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<h4><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Read 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<h4><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Arrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination.\u00a0Know 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.\u00a0 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<h4><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Call 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\/course\/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<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ecuador 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\u00a0of Ecuador\u2019s Museo Casa del Alabado. Pick a film Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Ecuador include: From <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/ecuador-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10068,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10067","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10230,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10067\/revisions\/10230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}