¨New York Times Weekend Edition¨

¨The Phenom Mexican pop group and stars from the popular telenovela Rebelde performed a surprise concert for Peace Corps Ecuador re-connect omnibus 95. The volunteers were both surprised and delighted that at the group´s appearance singing their popular single YO SOY REBELDE, during the battle of the bands contest. Volunteer Lisa Taylor was quoted as saying ¨the performance has been the best part of my volunteer service so far.¨ Other volunteers were moved to tears by the group´s dramatic performance.

Other performances included a traditional dance by jungle volunteers and some volunteers with ¨Real¨ talent were also interspersed with the jokes and crazy dances. The volunteers met in Mindo Ecuador for a 3 day conference to learn more about community integration, working with counterparts, and awesome tech skills such as website design and more on abono verde (green fertilizers). All in all Re-connect 95 was a great time and after a night of hard salsa dancing the volunteers returned to their sites with renewed vision and increased motivation. ¨

Serious group picture!! - Aren´t we a good look´n bunch of Volunteers and we all have projects started in our communities, what more could you possibly want.

Ariana and Calvin both play a mean air guitar!

Migualto and I on our opening duet. The song was very soulful and we really got into our parts!

Sexy group picture - Except for Joe - Joe needs to get his Sexy on!


Traditional Jungle dance

Volunteer with ¨Real Talent¨



After Re-connect I went to my friend Arianna´s site and we went hiking in a protected humid forest near her site. These are some fun pictures from the trip.