Ecuador Descriptive Writing

     Ecuador is one of the smallest countries of South America. It lies on the West Coast of the continent between Colombia and Peru. The equator crosses Ecuador and gives the country its name. Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator.

Annie Dillard describes the Napo River in the Ecuadorian jungle in a beautiful and calm way. This is illustrated blatantly when she uses vivid imagery and descriptive word choice to speak about amazing phenomena in the jungle. She describes the beauty of the illuminated fireflies, the variety of the colossal trees, and the millions of noises spread throughout the jungle, creating a melodious lullaby. She describes the native peoples with delight, and the vastness of the jungle in awe. Although, Dillard describes the obvious beauty of nature, she also describes the jungle in a different way.

What I found most interesting about the article was how different the Montsechia vidalii is from the flowers we know today. Although the plant does bear resemblance to some plants today, many aspects of the plant have evolved overtime. For example, the plants had genders, and did not have petals. This is sets it apart from today’s plants, and also shows how 130 million years of evolution can both do a great amount, but at the same time a small amount. Although the changes are somewhat large, such as the removal of, they are tiny in comparison to other evolutionary changes, which could have taken even longer.

Culture makes up who we are, what we believe and how we behave. About four years ago, I had the opportunity to live in Ecuador. I found the relationships and communication perspective to be very interesting and after spending two years there, I was able to notice several distinct intercultural differences between the American and Ecuadorian cultures. Since my analysis of Ecuador is only based off of my personal experience, I’ve also invited my friend Luis Salas from Quito, Ecuador who is currently attending Brigham Young University to give his own insights. By gaining his perspective of what it’s like to live in America as an

When we reached the harbor, we walked down the long wooden bridge. The water below was was brackish, so we could only see halfway down to the bottom. That was when I saw a large slow moving grey piece of lumpy rubber. I called my family to come see the mass of rubber. When they had all come, something amazing happened. A small whiskery snout and

One day Rosita left the tree to go exploring with her brother and sisters. They hopped along in the dirt and looked at all the different plants. They continued along, hoping to find a small pond to swim in, but before they found the pond a giant thing swooped down in front of them. Rosita had a hard time seeing what the creature was because it was very blurry. The

Violence in modern Colombia takes place in many forms. The three major categories are crime, guerrilla activities, and attacks committed by drug traffickers. Violence has become so widespread and common in Colombia that many people have now become numb to it. The Colombian economy has also benefited from the illicit drug trade; however violent it may be. During the 1970s, Colombia became well known, as one of the world’s most important drug processing, production, and distribution centers for marijuana and cocaine.

Globalization has brought a greater focus on the affairs of the other countries within the US, not only an economic focus but also a consideration that is widespread. A major event that shifted the global economy occurred when Nixon closed the gold window and a system in which all currency could be exchanged with other currencies according to supply and demand. All governments, including the United States had entered into a new era in economic coexistence in which not even the most powerful nation could guarantee its currency value. Further, private firms that used foreign exchange were forced to accept the risk of currency price fluctuation that are inevitable in every free market.

Initially, I was an Ecuadorian girl that had a Christian family, I grew up surrounded by my family and loved ones. My cognitive development was in progress, and I had created fundamental bonds in Ecuador. Provided that my dad is an American citizen and due to his work in America, he could not spend too much time with us in Ecuador, so, my mom, my little brother, and I immigrated to America. After three years of my life, our family reunited, and I became an Ecuadorian-American. Since I was very young, assimilating the changes came to be unnoticed, if it weren’t for the fact that during the next years I spoke Spanish at home and English at school. As a result, my translations of these languages affected my communication, creating slow comprehensive

Preface: In our house, we were putting all the gifts, everyday items, etc. in our bulky suitcases. At that moment, we were ready as a family to drive to Los Angeles and fly in a plane to 北京 then domestically transfer to 西安. Well, it turns out that the process was going to be exceedingly harder than I thought. We not far-off through the road later in the car, we had to go back and check something in our house. After checking, I rested in the car, hoping nothing would go out of hand. Arriving to the massive parking lot garage, we came to park in a spot we rented. Since we could not find our parking space, we just decided to stumble upon whatever our car fits in and isn’t reserved; though it took ages. We were rushing to the shuttle stop while being stressed out that we are going to miss both planes. Thankfully, a hotel manager called a taxi to arrive and drive us to the LAX international airport. Arriving, we handed over $25.00 to the taxi he requested and appeared 30 minutes before boarding. 30 mediocre minutes later, we were at the point of boarding our plane. In the plane, I was disappointed by the poor quality of the entertainment. At least it was only 12 hours and 40 minutes of the boredom. In the plane, it was difficult to lay my hands on a movie that is worth the watch.

Did you know Ecuador is one of the most megadiverse countries in the world and also has the most biodiversity per square mile kilometre of any other nation? Ecuador is named after the equator, and the only country in the world named after a geographical feature. Three things that make Ecuador a interesting place are its climate, sports, and attractions.

Well I have. It quite possibly was one of the most terrifying and nerve racking experiences that I have ever encountered. This made me feel so sad that this happened to me. This was one of the worst day of my entire life because I stopped communicating with my family back in Puerto Rico and I really hope it doesn't happen again cause if it does I will cry more than I did this day. I really hope it doesn't happen to none of you guys. I believe that they will all be okay and live a better life after what happened.

In June of 2014 when we were home our parents got to tell us we're going to California! So we started to pack right away.The night before we went to St Paul, Minnesota to get a hotel room and keep our car there. The next day we took the shuttle bus to the airport. Then we stop right in front of the airport entrance and we left for go inside. When we first got inside we had to wait in line for all tickets to go on our plane. They check our baggage weight and then put name tags on it and put on a belt that goes to our plane. Next they check us, we went through scanners and they check our carrier ons we would good. Then we stopped at the vender machine to get food for the plane ride. We went to the gate and got to our plane.Our plane taxied down the runway.We started down the runway and lift off. Our cousins were behind us in the plane. When we were on the plane, we got pretzels and water to drink. We were above the clouds and It was a perfect day to fly.3 hours 45 minutes later we landed in John Wayne Airport Orange County California.

In 2023 Lexie and I had planned a best friend trip to Turkey we planned to stay for a week. We decided to go to Turkey because that 's where Lexie is from and she wanted to show me around. This was like a dream come true for her. We started planning a year early so we can get everything in order. The first thing we did was save our money and put in our best friend saving account. We saved a total of $10,000, we both had great paying jobs. The next thing we had to on our list was book flights because we were not driving because a car can’t cross water. That would be crazy for us to drive. In October we had booked our flight to Turkey for June 25, my birthday. The cost for a round trip first class for two adults 1010.20 dollars. The flight only lasted for about one hour with no stops being made. We took a private flight in the world 's fastest plane, Lockheed YF-12. Now our bank account is 8989.80 dollars. Keep in mind we plan on spending all the money in Turkey. The next thing that we had to get was a passport so that we could go. We went to get our passports which costed 55 dollars for each of us. Our new price was 8879.80 dollars. I felt like our bank account was just draining down fast. The next thing we had to get with our money was clothes, personal needs, and suitcases. I had to get new clothes because my mom always told me before you go anywhere make sure you look good because you might meet your husband. I packed a total of 21 outfits because like all girls, I

When I visited Bolivia in the summer two years ago, I walked into my cousins’ man cave, a room outside the house which harbors all our mischievous acts. With my morning coffee in my hand ready to enjoy the first cigarette of the day, only to see Tim passed out with a black eye and a bloody nose running down his white shirt. With many frightening scenarios running through my head, I notice an orange pill bottle prescribed to an unknown person and Tim’s old high school ID with a faded line of a white powder. “Ah man are you Xanned out again?” I yelled but with no response. A couple of shoves and slaps in the face, Tim wakes up. “Stop man! I just need to rest for a little bit” he replied with an annoyed and tired tone. “Not until you tell me what the hell happened! And clean yourself up man”