To celebrate the end of the year my family took Me, Jon, and a few of their friends out for supper at an Ecuadorian BBQ. We never go out for dinner, so this was very special. The main street and malecon were flooded with people. I didn´t know this many people lived in San Cristobal! All of the teenage girls had their hair and makeup done, and wore really fancy dresses that had me thinking I was at my prom again! At 11pm me and my American friends had our own little celebration - it was midnight at home! A popular tradition here is to construct lifesize paper dolls in the weeks leadig up to new years. These dolls could be made to look like yourself, a friend, or maybe an idol in your life (I
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