Study Abroad in Ecuador

Comments and pictures

"My experiences in Ecuador were invaluable, my time there allowed me to see the wonders of one of S. America's smallest and yet most diverse countries. The people, places, and experiences during my enrollment at USFQ bettered me as a student as well as a person." Micah J. Briehl

 

Photo courtesy of Robert " Mac" Stone

Students take field trips that let them get up close and personal to several active and dormant volcanoes near Quito, as a part of a Volcanology class

"I fell in love with a country that is so enriched with life. I never felt like a tourist or a foreigner because my family treated me like a son. In Quito we were at the epicenter of any possible adventure we could have conjured up. One day we were in the rainforest, the next day we could be on a volcano, the next at one of the worlds top surfing spots, and the next hiking along an ancient Incan trail. I saw things that could only be rivaled by my imagination. Ecuador is everything you need it to be." Mac Stone

 

Photo courtesy of Robert " Mac" Stone

Restoring Inca ruins and Ingapirca in the Ecuador Highlands near Cuenca

 

"Ecuador's a multi-colored mosaic of land and culture, and I would go back if only to gorge myself on ridiculous fresh fruit for ten minutes while speeding down tropical roads on the top of a bus. Every moment was my textbook, and I never wanted to put it down." Leah Finity

Photo courtesy of VT student who studied in Ecuador

Oriental Pagoda at USFQ

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Click on the thumbnails below to see a larger version of the picture.

Photos #1 through 6 and also #8 are courtesy of Robert "Mac" Stone

Photo #7 is courtesy of Jennessa Durney

 

 

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 Elizabeth C. Calvera
Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures
332 Major Williams Hall
phone: 540-231-7927 e-mail: ecalvera@vt.edu 

Last updated October 2005