Blogs from Canoa, West, Ecuador, South America - page 4

Hello, We are going to give this picture thing a try today, we are at a restaurant called the "surf shack" and we have our computer so here goes nothing! While we are sitting here enjoying the nice weather while having a beer, burgers, fries and pizza, while watching an episode of the simpsons on fox (feels like we are at home). Well the internet has been installed at the hotel but no wifi and no signal strength, hmmm, feels like charter is here, ha, ha! We are still keeping our fingers crossed for maybe monday! Since the last time we blogged, we have laid out on the beach, watched sunsets, have eaten good food, homework and studied, (well Henry, DJ, and BreBre) dranked and socialized with the other guests, and enjoyed our private beach, oh, ... read more

Hello All, This week has been so relaxing! Henry and DJ have finished their first week of spanish lessons, Henry is a great student according to his teacher, Mari Elena, and a comment that she made about DJ is that he is doing okay but all that he thinks about is "surfear solamente" (surfing only). DJ did have an injury this week, playing an intense game of ping pong with Henry (injured his big toe)! Breana has been playing with Lindsy everyday in the ocean and is now darker than Henry. Other than school for Henry, he does alot of nothing and alot of working out (as best as the he can without a gym), improvise, adapt, and overcome, you know Henry! Henry has taken over 800 pictures (about 700 of those are of sunsets, ha, ... read more

Hello to all, Let me tell you about our crazy (and adventurous) travel day , it began by henry getting us up at the crack of dawn (8 o'clock) and rushing us out of bed so that we can catch the bus to canoa, took a taxi to the bus station, made it at ten thirty. Caught the bus at 1100 am to chone (not the 10 thirty bus to bahia). On the way to the bus station I got to talking to the taxi driver and he was telling me about the roads to canoa being washed out by the rains, I looked at Henry and asked him if flying there would be better, he said not to worry and then breana started freakin' out about not wanting to fly. We got on the bus ... read more

so i´m not really sure why i´m in here right now and not on the beach. i am in my bathing suit, which is a start. today is a GORGEOUS beach day. but more of that later. yesterday was great. basically i went back to the hostel and read one hundred years of solitude and took care of taylor. there´s some bug going around that 4 people in our group have already had that includes stomach pains, fever, and chills. i´ve helped take care of three of them, so i´ll probably be next to get it. but whatevs. i´m hoping karma lets me avoid it. last night we went out dancing! i bought a new shirt and we went to the coco bar (where there was a shootout 2 weeks ago) and went salsa dancing. all ... read more

Since my last entry, both the Republican and Democratic Conventions have occurred and the NCAA college football season has started - how exciting!?! Life here hasn’t been quite as interesting, however, it has been filled with activity. I do apologize for taking so much time between blog entries these days - it is just that the blog has moved down on the priority list for a number of reasons. 1st - Thanks to all of your support, my Peace Corps Partnership grant was fully funded and my Env. Education guide is on its way to becoming reality. This occupies the majority of my “free time” these days. Instead of writing riveting accounts of my Ecuadorian experience, I pass my time writing activities and lessons to put into the guide. 2nd - When I do actually think ... read more