(Just for the record, I somehow didn´t see comments from my sicky post on jan 16. so I´ve responded if you want to check it out.)
Finally left Quito!!
Carnaval weekend:
Went to a place called Sucua which is in the province of Morona Santiago. About a 7 or 8 hour bus ride from Quito. Stayed in a hotel for $7 a night. Went with a group of 10 including myself. 9 gringos 1 ecuadorian. Went to two different rivers, hiked a crazy mountain, saw something in the tarantula family that was poisonous and blue, met an amazing ecuadorian family, ate some traditional indigenous food that I can´t remember the name, a club in the neighboring town where my friend was randomly given a free bottle of tequila from the dj or something-maybe he liked her dancing, water fights in the street with little ones, water fights in the river, getting bombarded with water balloons as we drove by sitting in the back of a truck (perfect targets), getting bombarded with smelly spoiled things as we drove by sitting in the back of a truck. Fun fun minus the smelly things. The hiking part was amusing because it was like...this is what people imagined me to be doing...hiking a mountain in the jungle with traditional indigenous paint on my face, and seeing blue spiders. haha. some REALLY incredible views out there.
El Oro:
Last weekend I went to the South of Ecuador to a province called El Oro (Gold). It was my host mom´s birthday and she wanted to go visit family out there. my host sister is on vacation right now so I missed classes Friday and Monday. El Oro is a lot farther. It was like a 12 hour bus ride. Going was fine cause we went at night and I just slept but coming back was terrible. We left at 10:30 am and got back around 11:30 pm. El Oro is coast. So I´m glad that now I´ve experienced the coast and the jungle but I didn´t really have a good time. I didn´t really like my host mom´s family that much. We didn´t do anything that was that fun for me. We went to Peru which was cool. It was just the frontera though so there´s like a big market there. I bought sunglasses and a purse. Other than that, we went to a relative´s birthday party. a 10 year old. that was okay. there I was able to meet some people my age and have some good conversation. but i didn´t really do anything else besides get bitten by mosquitos lol. the bugs actually weren´t that bad. everyone was saying how they must not like my estadounidense blood. So not sure it was worth it but also not sure I had a choice. If I had said that i didn´t want to go or that I couldn´t miss class I think they all would have stayed cause I don´t think they would leave me alone in the house.
anyway, thats all for now. I definitely need to continue travelling and getting to know the country. There are some really beautiful places here. Also, even though Galapagos is expensive I think I need to go. It´s probably my only opportunity and it´s got to be worth it. Daddyyyy...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Day 41
So today I saw something amazing on the Ecovia. There was a bee buzzing around near the window. This old woman sitting on the bus grabs the bee by the wing and flings it out the window. amazing!
last weekend was my friend gina´s birthday. It was soo much fun. First we went to mateo and anita´s apartment and had a nice party with music and fresh fruit and fresh guac. Then to a gay club in the Mariscal. It was such a great night. despite the fact that i drank too much.
Went to see Sherlock Holmes yesterday but watched it in Spanish so I feel like I missed some stuff. It was good though and had me laughing.
This weekend is Carnaval!! A friend of a friend invited us to his pueblo..Sucua. Its in the oriente aka the jungle. So most people go to the coast to celebrate Carnaval on the beach. But it´s not every day you get the opportunity to go to the jungle and learn about indigenous culture. So instead of partying on the beach I will be enjoying nature and fending off mosquitos. I´m excited. I know it´s going to be beautiful. and i´m finally travelling outside of Quito!
last weekend was my friend gina´s birthday. It was soo much fun. First we went to mateo and anita´s apartment and had a nice party with music and fresh fruit and fresh guac. Then to a gay club in the Mariscal. It was such a great night. despite the fact that i drank too much.
Went to see Sherlock Holmes yesterday but watched it in Spanish so I feel like I missed some stuff. It was good though and had me laughing.
This weekend is Carnaval!! A friend of a friend invited us to his pueblo..Sucua. Its in the oriente aka the jungle. So most people go to the coast to celebrate Carnaval on the beach. But it´s not every day you get the opportunity to go to the jungle and learn about indigenous culture. So instead of partying on the beach I will be enjoying nature and fending off mosquitos. I´m excited. I know it´s going to be beautiful. and i´m finally travelling outside of Quito!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
cotidiana
okay, whats happened in the last week...
pretty sure I saw a humming bird for the first time. it was pretty great.
went to the mariscal on friday. I´m already feeling like its getting old and i´ve only been like 4 times. also i feel like I lost my dance fever lol. but maybe it just has to do with the music.
Saturday went to the center of quito. saw the president´s house. the architecture there is gorgeous. beautiful churches and narrow streets.
sunday went to la mitad del mundo. that was cool. there were indigenous dance performances and stuff. took pictures with the fake equator lol. wish i knew where the real one was.
made my first purchase on a bus. I bought a salsa cd with like over 100 songs for $1. we´ll see if it works.
watched an ecuadorian film called Cronicas. it has jon leggazamo (sp?) and is based on a true story about a guy who kills kids. It was good but I was not in the mood to watch a movie so heavy.
also I had lunch with this woman, Patricia, who is a friend of a woman who works with my dad. haha. she was really nice and she has a son who goes to my university too.
I´ve oficially adopted the ecua word Mande. it means what.
pretty sure I saw a humming bird for the first time. it was pretty great.
went to the mariscal on friday. I´m already feeling like its getting old and i´ve only been like 4 times. also i feel like I lost my dance fever lol. but maybe it just has to do with the music.
Saturday went to the center of quito. saw the president´s house. the architecture there is gorgeous. beautiful churches and narrow streets.
sunday went to la mitad del mundo. that was cool. there were indigenous dance performances and stuff. took pictures with the fake equator lol. wish i knew where the real one was.
made my first purchase on a bus. I bought a salsa cd with like over 100 songs for $1. we´ll see if it works.
watched an ecuadorian film called Cronicas. it has jon leggazamo (sp?) and is based on a true story about a guy who kills kids. It was good but I was not in the mood to watch a movie so heavy.
also I had lunch with this woman, Patricia, who is a friend of a woman who works with my dad. haha. she was really nice and she has a son who goes to my university too.
I´ve oficially adopted the ecua word Mande. it means what.
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