Parallels
On that particular weekend, we had a day off, and on that day we’d gone into town, delighted to explore more of the Ecuadorian coast, to hike, and to drink fresh fruit smoothies from plastic baggies. We were a group of teenagers, volunteering for part of the summer at a conservation and community project. Our days were a combination of painting murals, teaching English, and taking a small boat onto the water to track migrating …