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South America » Ecuador » North » Quito » Historical Center June 7th 2011

I woke up ready and eager to start work as Mariana had informed me the night before. However, the doctor/director had an emergency so I wouldn´t be starting until Monday. Mariana took me into her hands, and unfortunately her car, (the same one I had first driven in when I arrived) and found it to appear even worse during the daytime. Along with her driving. People here are crazy ass drivers. Traffic rules are totally guidelines. No, I take that back, merely suggestions. As I ran errands with her, we also ran with the weather. Miguel told me that in Quito the weather is like a woman, it constantly changes. One minute there was sun, the next it was pouring rain, and five minutes later it was both sunny and raining at the same time. After ... read more
La Ronda at Night
La Ronda
Nancy, Juan Jose, Me, Royal, Aracely

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito » Historical Center June 7th 2011

¨They don´t believe I seatbelts, here. ¨I´ll never forget those first words as I stepped out of the Mariscal Sucre Airport amidst the bustling hub of people and taxis and failed to find any indication of a seatbelt. Moments later the small car (somehow still driven on the streets since the 80s) with a steering wheel the size similar to that of a small boat swerved through what was barely the ¨yellow zone¨ of traffic lights. After bouncing around a maze of streets and hills, we arrived at Nancy Figueroa´s house, my home for the next month. Mariana, the program director for ELI in Ecuador, Nancy, Royal, another student volunteer staying at Nancy´s house and I sat down around the kitchen table in the traditional ritual of introductions and chatting as I drank a sweet yogurt ... read more
Basilica
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