Carolina, a backpacker from Quito, talks to us about Mindo, explaining to us some of the reasons she decided to stay to live in this unique Ecuadorian town.

Cosmetologist Alejandra Zavala breaks down for us the process of making the organic soaps that her company, Micha Cosméticos (Micha Cosmetics), offers and tells us their benefits for the skin.

The selection of participants continues with further explanation from the teachers about their hopes for the students and the purpose of the senses test.

Stripped of all their adornments, the Mission Chef participants are ready to be evaluated by a professional chef.

Mission Chef contestants have only thirty minutes left to prepare a dish for evaluation by a professional chef.

The cooking is underway in this Misión Chef competition and team members are already getting in trouble for not sticking to their portion of the meal.

Now comes the moment of truth: The Mission Chef students have prepared their dishes and their instructor will evaluate them with brutal honesty. Who will make the final team?

This politically charged tune, rife with language that will get you sent to the principal’s office on at least three continents, won the Latin Grammy award for best video in 2003. Note that native speakers instantly recognize that much of the Spanish is sung in an exaggerated “gringo” accent, so you may not want to imitate it!!

Ever wonder how the music video for A-ha’s “Take On Me” would look if it were directed by Jackson Pollock? This video, from the Mexican group Motel, brings you the answer.

Her name is Milagros- her nickname, “Cholito”. She’s wild on the soccer field, and not much tamer off of it. An orphan, she was brought up in a convent. But now she’s almost 18, and she will have to make her own way in the world. The world might not be quite ready…

Victoria isn’t exactly what you’d call “deep”, but she’s no pushover. She knows what she likes, and what she doesn’t. She certainly doesn’t like to be called Vicki, nor does she enjoy the company of Bobby, her brother’s chatterbox friend. She strives for ever more glamour and refinement, even deciding to change the name of her driver from Rocky to the more patrician “Morgan”.

Mother Superior thinks she’s tucked them both safely in for the night, but Milagros and Gloria have other ideas, and they don’t involve preparing for mass the next morning at seven a.m. Can they possibly get away with it?

Milagros is sidelined from the fútbol match and forced to peddle soda pop to pay for the team’s new shoes. Meanwhile, el patrón is getting the third degree from his mother, who lets on to us that he’s got a guacho child of his own on the loose—spawned with the butler’s sister?

Ivo and Milagros have an incident in the middle of the street that ends up where you'd least expect it.

Having just spent two hours in jail as the result of "Cholito's" schemes, Ivo is prepared to take revenge.