Author Archives: Maya Foster-Wexler
We made arepas
Carmen and Norwegian volunteer, Eirine. She has BEAUTIFUL sketchbooks and inspired me to draw in my journal more. We drank cocoa and painted on the balcony and listened to jazz. Meeting some of the most fascinating people! How is this world so so big and at the same time so itty bitty small?
Free healthcare!
This is a dead puffy fish:( right now I feel kind of like this boy because I spent 6 hours today trying to get an “eco/ ultrasonido”. I went to a neighboring city by bus and then couldn’t find the hospital. Finally got there and talked to some people who wanted me to have a […]
Canoa
After 8 hours on the night bus… a wacky experience for a couple reasons… we have arrived in our new home on the coast. Bienvenidos a Canoa! There are about 4-6k local residents here and the resto are tourists (like us). However it is off season right now and the sun is rarely out:( despite […]
Mural kind of terminado
https://youtu.be/7SL5HlD9cao Inspired by street art of the city and flora/ fauna of the selva. Felt so meaningful to leave this at the Secret Garden. Will seriously miss this magical place and beautiful family of people. Thank you for the INCREDIBLE life experiences and all that I learned here. It will not be forgotten<3<3 Besos y […]
Cute exhibits at contemporary art museum
Carmen and I are gathering inspiration for our mural. I’ll post the final outcome once we uh finish it uh we are running out of timeeee
Guayasamín
Spent the day with Alisson taking two fascinating tours (in Spanish) of the Museo de Guayasamín and accompanying Capillo del Hombre (the artist’s house). Mind blowing and emotional work from local Quiteñan artist depicting the struggles of humanity all over South America and other parts of the world (Middle East, Asia, and Africa too). Oswaldo […]
Lindo Mindo
Went to Mindo w/ my love (C Park). We stayed in a beautiful jungle hostel for the night and saw butterflies and ate chocolate! Everyone was so cute and really prioritizes la naturaleza (organic quinoa drinks and hummingbird murals everywhere). More videos and photos to come from our lovely lil getaway adventure (really lil actually […]