Now that the school year is almost out, and I gave such a basic sum-up of all my time here, I thought it would be nice to share a typical day here in Loja, with a few commentaries to give my insights into life here. I live in an apartment in downtown Loja, which I pay too much money for, but I love the location and my neighbours. My son has made friends with the...

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Wow! I have not been much of a dedicated blogger on this site! But, I thought I´d follow up and give an update as to how the last nine and a half months have gone! I have been working for a private school, as a contracted teacher from CHC and it has definitely had its ups and downs. My students are all really great people outside of the class, and as Loja is a small...

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Well, I'm sitting in my parents' living room in Toronto, enjoying a grilled cheese sandwich with my son, and we are pretty much all packed and ready to go...tomorrow! I've been doing some casual subbing work at the ESL school I used to work at before I up and moved to Mexico, so it was great to back to teaching and of course to supplement my bank account a bit before going off to earn...

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Well, today I went to a notary public to notarize my Police clearance check and my TESL certificate. Then I figured I'd go to the Flight Centre to see about flights. I'd checked stuff online, but my mother had suggested going to the travel agency because they often know about airlines that no one else has heard of. Well, anyway, I got return tickets for my son and me- we will fly American Airlines from Toronto to Miami. Wait a few hours...

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Well, I feel alot better informed now. It's a shame the consulate of Ecuador in Toronto couldn't have explained things to me. Last year, when I needed to get my degree and TESL legalized by the consulate of Mexico, they gave me a written list of exactly what to do. I took the documents to a notary public to have the copies notarized, took them down the street to an Ontario government office to have...

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Well, this is my first blog entry and I'm still in Canada, trying to figure out the easiest way to stay in Ecuador without being booted out after three months! There is so much info on this via the internet, but unfortunately, I cannot find a website for the Ecuadorian embassy in Canada and the Consulate in Toronto was far less helpful than I had expected! Okay. Here's the situation. I was in Oaxaca, Mexico...

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