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		<title>Leaving CASA, looking ahead.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday I left Pucará early in the morning, having spent all day Tuesday visiting families and saying my goodbyes. While in the pictures people are smiling (or not, since people tend not to smile in pictures here), the day was emotionally draining. In the course of my time living in the community, I rarely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=738&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Quito!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know, it&#8217;s been a while. I&#8217;m very sorry to keep you out of the loop. Moreover, this is going to be my second quick update in a row&#8211; something I vowed not to do. Tomorrow you will find an entry covering just about everything I&#8217;ve been up to, including my initial reflections [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=735&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t had much time to write, nor will I for the next few days. On Monday we received three new long-term volunteers, two of whom will be taking over for me as coordinators for the Intag Spanish School. It&#8217;s all very exciting and I welcomed them as any good coordinator does, by getting violently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=733&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cuy, alive this time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
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		<title>Family photo (plus me).</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pucará]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I met up with Pete and his family in Cotacahi. Pete was asked to be the godfather for a family in Morochos and he invited me along for lunch. Mariana is the mother of Celeste, and the grandmother of Camila and Nina. Pete is the tall gringo in the background. I&#8217;m the one looking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=726&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 things I love about life in Ecuador.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If in the future you ever debate the pros and cons of spending an extended period of time abroad, this list might be useful to you. While my experiences are unique and specific to life in San Antonio de Pucará, canton Cotacachi, provincia de Imbabura, in the country of Ecuador, I think that a lot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=720&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 5 hardest parts about life in Ecuador.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are the five things that I find hardest about life abroad. It should be noted that these things are specific to me, they are my personal opinions only, and should not be taken as fact. Don&#8217;t let this list scare you out of coming to Ecuador, living in homestays or traveling on your own. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=713&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it seems premature, since I don&#8217;t actually fly home until May 11, but it hit me the other day that I actually only have 2 weeks left in Pucará. A while back I decided that Wednesday April 21st would my last day in the community. From there, I&#8217;ll have two days to tie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=710&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Videos from student group&#8217;s visit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first video, you can see the students planting native tree species. The section of reclaimed pastureland is on Pete&#8217;s farm, but he has set it aside to carry out an experiment comparing managed reforestation techniques to a laissez-faire policy of letting the forest reclaim the land over time. The two sections lay side-by-side [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=705&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brushes with bureaucratic purgatory.</title>
		<link>http://danmalin.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/brushes-with-bureaucratic-purgatory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday I finally got my censo card. To you, this might not mean much, but for me it was an accomplishment I would rank up there with crossing the Atlantic in a paddle boat. The process of obtaining and registering my original visa and the censo card&#8211; which merely states my name, nationality and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danmalin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10264668&amp;post=700&amp;subd=danmalin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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