Well I have meant to update this blog with some pictures but each time it just doesn't want to for some reason. And currently I am on dial up so I am done trying...for now.
Well my weekend was amazing I get to be apart of Haurasinchi, an adventure race (orienterring, kayaking, hiking and biking). Which all took place within 3 days! El Refugio (the place that I work at) was helping organize the race and at the last minute i got asked if i wanted to go along and help...um heck ya i did! So I got to see Ecuador in a whirlwind but it was so amazing! I got see lots of volcanoes and mountain ranges ( I would tell you which ones but at the time I can not spell them correctly). I got to see my great love, Cotapaxi! Someday we shall meet! I was squished into the back of many cars and trucks, got little sleep, experienced all sorts of tempuratures and terrians, lots of rain, very crazy roads with huge pot holes and loved all of it!
During the weekend Carnaval was going on. Which in Ecuador is kind of like Mardi Gras. It's a national holiday and the monday and tuesday before ash wednesday everyone gets off work. Basically it's a huge water fight (well for the kids who get everyone wet) for the adults especially in the indiginous towns it's a huge party. I got to experince the friendly side of it only and didn't run into any horrible drunks. It was fun being able to experince it through the different areas.
This weekend is our my first retreats. We have 3 groups coming in and i'm still unsure of what I will be doing. But I am excited to be doing something. I had today off which I spent the whole day reading...it was glorious! Minus the fact that I am quickly going to be left with no booksto read, boo! I also lost power for the whole day and was very happy when I was finally able to do my laundry :) If you can imagen I really needed to do some after a 5 day camping trip where i changed my clothes once.
O my Spanglish is amazing! My Spanish so so and my English is so so ;) haha For some reason in my trying to learn Spanish i am losing a little of my English. At times i don't know if people are talking English or Spanish, ether way i don't understand them. My brain hurts from constantly trying to translate things in my head. But I am still practicing and hopefully am slowly improving.
Well I shall write more when I can post pictures which will hopefully be sometime next week.
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Megan, your adventures sound awesome! And, I know exactly what you mean about having great Spanglish. I make so many more spelling errors in English than I ever did before! haha. I think it's a good sign that we are learning. :)
sounds like you are having an amazing time!
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