Comments on: Oh Ecuador, You’ve Captured My Heart… http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/ "I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:05:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Ernst http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-23261 David Ernst Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:39:04 +0000 http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/#comment-23261 Your descriptions of life in Ecuador sound much like life in Venezuela. We, too, have street vendors of all sorts. The truck rivers usually sell live chickens or fish fresh from el Río Santo Domingo, which flows down from the Venezuelan Andes. Even now I can hear them calling, "Coporro! Coporro! Coporro!" (Coporro is a species of freshwater fish found only in the rivers of Colombia and Venezuela.) Then there are the vendors who pedal bicycles laden everything from fresh fruit to ice-chests full of ice cream. Those on foot sell everything from folk medicines to audio CDs to TV remote controls. For awhile there was a black woman who worked our neighborhood, balancing all her merchandise on top of her head. That sounds rather more African than Latin American, but who am I to say? I really marvel at the curbside stands where you can buy a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice. They will have several huge bags of oranges and will squeeze the juice into your glass right then and there. Of course, we have orange and grapefruit trees on our property, so it's not like we can't have fresh juice at home. It's being able to buy in on the street that blows me away. Your descriptions of life in Ecuador sound much like life in Venezuela. We, too, have street vendors of all sorts. The truck rivers usually sell live chickens or fish fresh from el Río Santo Domingo, which flows down from the Venezuelan Andes. Even now I can hear them calling, “Coporro! Coporro! Coporro!” (Coporro is a species of freshwater fish found only in the rivers of Colombia and Venezuela.)

Then there are the vendors who pedal bicycles laden everything from fresh fruit to ice-chests full of ice cream. Those on foot sell everything from folk medicines to audio CDs to TV remote controls. For awhile there was a black woman who worked our neighborhood, balancing all her merchandise on top of her head. That sounds rather more African than Latin American, but who am I to say?

I really marvel at the curbside stands where you can buy a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice. They will have several huge bags of oranges and will squeeze the juice into your glass right then and there. Of course, we have orange and grapefruit trees on our property, so it’s not like we can’t have fresh juice at home. It’s being able to buy in on the street that blows me away.

]]> By: Krista http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-21389 Krista Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:08 +0000 http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/#comment-21389 I'd love to see pictures as you write. It sounds wonderful! I’d love to see pictures as you write. It sounds wonderful!

]]> By: Ginger http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-21276 Ginger Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:45:21 +0000 http://waskoskyfamily.com/2010/03/08/oh-ecuador-you%e2%80%99ve-captured-my-heart%e2%80%a6/#comment-21276 I've been wondering how you have responded to Ecuador and all the different aspects of your new home. I'm sure that Shedd and Kris and David enjoy having you and your family there to see daily. Now your boys will know who Mike's family is rom having daily contact with them!. Love, Ginger I’ve been wondering how you have responded to Ecuador and all the different aspects of your new home. I’m sure that Shedd and Kris and David enjoy having you and your family there to see daily. Now your boys will know who Mike’s family is rom having daily contact with them!. Love, Ginger

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