{"id":134,"date":"2013-05-26T22:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T22:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/?p=134"},"modified":"2013-05-26T22:59:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T22:59:39","slug":"a-non-expectable-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/2013\/05\/26\/a-non-expectable-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"A non-expectable Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name: Stephane Lefevre<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Country: France<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Period in Ecuador:\u00a015\/09\/2012 to 06\/10\/2012<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Age: 26 years old<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>I met\u00a0<a title=\"Stephane Lefevre\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lefevre.stephane\" target=\"_blank\">St\u00e9phane Lefevre<\/a>\u00a0on <a title=\"Interpals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.interpals.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interpals<\/a> in 2010!\u00a0At the beginning we werent good friends at all\u00a0but with time our friendship started to grow up! and as everyone we had some ups &amp; downs!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Finally He decided to visit Ecuador last year, I was in shock and really couldn't believe it!! haha because he always said he wouldn't come to this country just cuz he prefered big places. I'm really glad he came and I dont know the reasons of why decided to come or why he changed his thoughts, but I'm just happy he did it.<br \/>\nAnd as he knows it now, I really dont regret my decision to meet him face-to-face! <\/em><em>I just can tell that thank you so much for the opportunity to meet such a wonderful person!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\"Just cuz we have different parents and live in different countries doesnt mean you are not my brother\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What was your first thought of Ecuador?<\/strong><br \/>\nTo be true, I didn't know much about Ecuador before my coming, I knew it was a little country of the <a title=\"South America\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/webimage\/countrys\/sa.htm#.UaJsHkD3KH8\" target=\"_blank\">South America<\/a>, that bananas and <a title=\"shrimps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecuadorianshrimp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">shrimps<\/a> came from there, and that people from there looked to be nice at first sight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197499_10151197151986462_800588153_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-146\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197499_10151197151986462_800588153_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197499_10151197151986462_800588153_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197499_10151197151986462_800588153_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Q: What was your best experience in this country?<\/strong><br \/>\nTo be true, it was to meet generous people and to make fantastic family, and friends on the other side of the world, that was an non-expectable experience for me, without forget my first experience in french class abroad as my first experience in club .<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_140\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/66251_10151197152011462_614041376_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\" wp-image-140 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/66251_10151197152011462_614041376_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/66251_10151197152011462_614041376_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/66251_10151197152011462_614041376_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Host Family<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_141\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/224493_10151197178526462_3317590_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\" wp-image-141 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/224493_10151197178526462_3317590_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/224493_10151197178526462_3317590_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/224493_10151197178526462_3317590_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What places did you visit?<\/strong><br \/>\nI visited Guayaquil (all main places as Malecon 2000, El Faro, El parque de las Iguanas, and so on...) I went to Milagro, I visited also <a title=\"Ba\u00f1os - Ecuador\" href=\"http:\/\/www.banos-ecuador.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ba\u00f1os<\/a>, Playas beach and the capital: Quito (<a title=\"Mitad del Mundo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mitaddelmundo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mitad del Mundo<\/a>, <a title=\"Crater de Pululahua\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quito.com.ec\/index.php\/explora-y-disfruta\/alrededores-de-quito\/crater-y-reserva-geobotanica-del-pululahua\" target=\"_blank\">Crater of Pululahua<\/a>, Teleferico, <a title=\"Palacio de Carondelet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carondelet_Palace\" target=\"_blank\">Palacio de Carondelet<\/a>, <a title=\"Virgen del Panecillo\" href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virgen_de_El_Panecillo\" target=\"_blank\">the Virgen of El Panecillo<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197546_10151197152336462_350947532_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\" wp-image-135 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197546_10151197152336462_350947532_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197546_10151197152336462_350947532_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/197546_10151197152336462_350947532_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Malecon 2000 with the view of Cerro Santa Ana<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_136\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69508_10151200778586462_1017639514_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\" wp-image-136 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69508_10151200778586462_1017639514_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69508_10151200778586462_1017639514_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69508_10151200778586462_1017639514_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Villamil Playas beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_137\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/P1030383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\" wp-image-137 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/P1030383-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/P1030383-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/P1030383-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the Middle of the world! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_138\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69341_10151200783706462_819199208_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\" wp-image-138 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69341_10151200783706462_819199208_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69341_10151200783706462_819199208_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/69341_10151200783706462_819199208_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teleferico of Quito<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Q: What do you think of their people?<\/strong><br \/>\nPeople there are simply generous, more than European for sure, they are more smiling even if they speak so fast in spanish so for a french like me it was terrible at beginning, for sure at the end I understood better.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/397235_10151197713071462_1691135042_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\" wp-image-142  \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/397235_10151197713071462_1691135042_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/397235_10151197713071462_1691135042_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/397235_10151197713071462_1691135042_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Puerto Hondo<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_152\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/561595_291511230954908_998537652_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\" wp-image-152   \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/561595_291511230954908_998537652_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/561595_291511230954908_998537652_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/561595_291511230954908_998537652_n-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Iguanas' park<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_145\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/564518_287950841310947_203370536_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\" wp-image-145   \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/564518_287950841310947_203370536_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/564518_287950841310947_203370536_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/564518_287950841310947_203370536_n-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">with Karlita<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Q: Would you like to come back? Any advices for foreigners?<\/strong><br \/>\nSure I would love to be back and back every year because it stays me some places to visit (<a title=\"Cotopaxi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getquitoecuador.com\/quito-natural-attractions\/cotopaxi_national_park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cotopaxi<\/a>, <a title=\"Cuenca - Ecuador\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cuenca.com.ec\/cuencanew\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cuenca<\/a>, <a title=\"Ruta del Sol - Ecuador\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infomontanita.com\/ruta-spondylus\/\" target=\"_blank\">road of the sun<\/a>). Some advices are to be open minded, to get good spanish skills and to practice it easily, to really have the desire to discover a great latin country and don't be afraid by hot temperature outside.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_147\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/183934_10151200792556462_974596291_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\" wp-image-147 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/183934_10151200792556462_974596291_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/183934_10151200792556462_974596291_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/183934_10151200792556462_974596291_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Carandolet Palace<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_139\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/425941_10151200854876462_775152252_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\" wp-image-139 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/425941_10151200854876462_775152252_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/425941_10151200854876462_775152252_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/425941_10151200854876462_775152252_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ba\u00f1os<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thank you so much for all the nice memories we could had together and with family, for being part of it.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Joselyn Espinoza.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_149\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/582362_328398750599489_258074698_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\" wp-image-149 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/582362_328398750599489_258074698_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/582362_328398750599489_258074698_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/files\/2013\/05\/582362_328398750599489_258074698_n-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memories of all these years<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Stephane Lefevre Country: France Period in Ecuador:\u00a015\/09\/2012 to 06\/10\/2012 Age: 26 years old &nbsp; I met\u00a0St\u00e9phane Lefevre\u00a0on Interpals in 2010!\u00a0At the beginning we werent good friends at all\u00a0but with time our friendship started to grow up! and as everyone we had some ups &amp; downs! Finally He decided to visit Ecuador last year, I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/2013\/05\/26\/a-non-expectable-experience\/\">Seguir leyendo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676646],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-experiences-of-travelers","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.espol.edu.ec\/jostespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}