Guaranda, Ecuador Sister City to Johnson City, TN since 1964.

Guaranda, EcuadorSister City to Johnson City, TN since 1964

Johnson City - GuarandaSister Cities

• Established 1964, JC Mayor May Ross McDowell

• Visits to Ecuador by– Community leaders

– Researchers: Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology

– Medical & Nursing Students

• Visits to Johnson City by– Public Health Faculty

– High school & college students

– Musical group

Johnson City - GuarandaSister Cities

• Established 1964, JC Mayor May Ross McDowell

• Visits to Ecuador by– Community leaders

– Researchers: Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology

– Medical & Nursing Students

• Visits to Johnson City by– Public Health Faculty

– High school & college students

– Musical group

Sister Cities PavilionKiwanis

International Park

Johnson City - Guaranda Ecuador:2668 miles

Guaranda:8800’ elev.(2668m)

Chimborazo volcano. 6,310 metres (20,702 ft),

near Guaranda

Church from distance

Guarandapopulation 25,000

Bolivar Park, central plaza of Guaranda

Markets, Guaranda

Market at Guaranda, Ecuador

Hats at Market

Enrique, with Saragoza roots

from Oriente

Guaranga Statue, Guaranda

Sculpture of Santa Maria

Cathedral, Guaranda

Saints Day Parade

Saints Day Parade

Saints Day Parade

Members of Son Cuatro con Yapa, at Siete Santos Café, Guaranda

Siete Santos Café, Guaranda

Siete Santos Café, Guaranda

Siete Santos Café, Guaranda

Street performers, Guaranda

Pumpkin vines Guaranda

UEB School of Agriculture

UEB College of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry

Universidad Estatal de Bolívar,

Guaranda. College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

ETSU and UEB classes - Botany 2009

Course bus

Touring bus for the ETSU (Johnson City) – UEB (Guaranda) Tropical Botany and Spanish Language summer courses

Vista de Cascha Totoras:view from the UEB-Guaranda biological station

at Cascha Totoras, Bolívar, Ecuador

Vista de Cascha Totoras

“Zapatillas” - Calceolaria Cascha Totoras

Oreocallis, Cascha Totoras

Dr. Tim McDowell collecting plant specimens with the UEB-ETSU summer course, Cascha Totoras, 2009.

Fern sporangia, Cascha Totoras

Salvia Cascha Totoras

Dr. Manuel Alban, UEB Guaranda Public Health School

Ecuadorian Flag colors at Cashca Totoras(Bidens: yellow; Myosotis: blue; Salvia: red)

UEB Trout Farm

UEB Trout Farm

UEB Trout Farm

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ETSU & UEB students by large fig (Ficus), Rio Palenque, Ecuador

ETSU-UEB Summer Course in Otavalo 2009

ETSU-UEB summer courses 2010, in ESPEA, Tena, Ecuador

Agricultural lands near Guaranda

Vaccinium

Flowers at UEB biological station,Cascha Totoras

Siphocampylus

Llamas at Los Frailleones