Blogs from Central Highlands, Centre, Ecuador, South America - page 4

Another opportunity to write in the Blog. We had training near Cayambe again today so we stopped at the internet cafe to check e-mail again. I think I have figured out why this is the rainy season in Ecuador. That had not had rain for a month and then today the skies opened up. It has rained hard all day long. Everything is a muddy, wet, mess. The temp must be in the lower 50´s maybe upper 40´s today. We can see our breath. Alas, I shouldn´t complain those of you in Ohio and vicinity are dealing with much worse. My Spanish took a big jump today. All the technical training on agriculture and environmental issues was in Spanish and I understood a good portion of it. I even asked questions (preguntas) in Spanish that made ... read more

Every Thursday there is a public market in the town of Saquisili. We went to the market with our Spanish teacher Silvana and one other student from Germany. The market is famous for being slightly cheaper than the Otavalanian market to the North of Quito. The Otavalanian market is more artisan based. The Saquisili market has more household wares. They both have animal markets. ... read more