Survival Kit Q&A and Skills That Make a Difference Continued
15. Popular foods in Ecuador are stews, corn pancakes, rice, eggs, vegetables, and seafood. Some specialities are caldo de patas (soup made from cow hooves) and cuy (whole roasted guinea pigs.) Three meals are eaten each day at about the same hours as we eat in the United States. Meals are generally very informal and practically no restaurants in Ecuador will require you to dress up.
23. Ecuadorian women have been able to vote since 1929. Women are also allowed to travel alone and can do so fairly safely. They can also drive.
37. U.S.-Ecuadorian relations have remained good because of mutual interests in maintaining democracy, combating illegal drug trave, and cooperating in fostering Ecuador's economic development. The United States assists Ecuador economically through the Agency for International Development program and the Inter-American Development Bank. The U.S. Peace Corps also operates a large program in Ecuador.
38. There are many expatriate Ecuadorian communities in Spain, Italy, and the United States. It is estimated that after the 1999 economic crisis in Ecuador 700,000 Ecuadorians emigrated elsewhere. There are approximately 550,000 Ecuadorians in both the United States and Spain and 120,000 in Italy.
39. There are approximately 95,000 American expatriates living in Ecuador. Some live in "utopian" communes in various valleys or up in the highlands.
Skills That Make a Difference
(my words in bold)
confidence 3
self-knowledge 4
ability to communicate 4
sense of humor 4
ability to emotionally detach 2
tolerance for ambiguity 4
low goal/task orientation 4
open-mindedness 4
nonjudgmentalness 4
empathy 5
flexibility; adaptability 4
curiosity 5
warmth in human relationships 5
motivation 3
self-reliance 3
tolerance for differences 5
perceptiveness 5
ability to fail 3
total : 71
I think the three most important traits are :
-Sense of humor
-Open-mindedness
-Perceptiveness
23. Ecuadorian women have been able to vote since 1929. Women are also allowed to travel alone and can do so fairly safely. They can also drive.
37. U.S.-Ecuadorian relations have remained good because of mutual interests in maintaining democracy, combating illegal drug trave, and cooperating in fostering Ecuador's economic development. The United States assists Ecuador economically through the Agency for International Development program and the Inter-American Development Bank. The U.S. Peace Corps also operates a large program in Ecuador.
38. There are many expatriate Ecuadorian communities in Spain, Italy, and the United States. It is estimated that after the 1999 economic crisis in Ecuador 700,000 Ecuadorians emigrated elsewhere. There are approximately 550,000 Ecuadorians in both the United States and Spain and 120,000 in Italy.
39. There are approximately 95,000 American expatriates living in Ecuador. Some live in "utopian" communes in various valleys or up in the highlands.
Skills That Make a Difference
(my words in bold)
confidence 3
self-knowledge 4
ability to communicate 4
sense of humor 4
ability to emotionally detach 2
tolerance for ambiguity 4
low goal/task orientation 4
open-mindedness 4
nonjudgmentalness 4
empathy 5
flexibility; adaptability 4
curiosity 5
warmth in human relationships 5
motivation 3
self-reliance 3
tolerance for differences 5
perceptiveness 5
ability to fail 3
total : 71
I think the three most important traits are :
-Sense of humor
-Open-mindedness
-Perceptiveness