Tuesday, 22 Nov 2011 | Views [389]
What a top day...apart from the breakfast of burnt porridge and papaya, which I've decided I don't like at all (papaya that is, not porridge). We were given options this morning in terms of work. Caesar needed groups to cut down dead banana trees for ... Read more >
Monday, 21 Nov 2011 | Views [401] | Comments [1]
I've decided the mosquito net over my bed is not so much a mosquito net, but a spider net. Got to bed last night to face 4 Eduardorian residents staring at me from various corners of the room. But that isn't the problem...that comes when they disappear ... Read more >
Friday, 18 Nov 2011 | Views [690]
...is among some of the many great sentences that involuntarily come out of your mouth in front of groups of people when learning Spanish. All you have to do is mix 'yo soy' with 'yo voy' and you are on your way to looking like a complete idiot. ´´I ... Read more >
Monday, 14 Nov 2011 | Views [495] | Comments [2]
Hola Amigos! (Look at me being all spanish...!) A few things you need to know about Quito right off the bat. Pedestrian crossings are not predestrian crossings as we know them....here they are white zebra-crossing lines on the road (as you would expect!) that ... Read more >
Sunday, 13 Nov 2011 | Views [447] | Comments [2]
You ever notice how clouds sometimes look like the most comfortable, sleep-for-a-year things of fluffiness? I just feel like prying open the emergency hatch that I've been placed next to on my flight to Quito, jumping onto them Disney or Care Bear style ... Read more >