Water Parties in Ecuador...No, really. I can´t make this stuff up.

Last time, I reviewed some of my misadventures after I left Quito, but of course I have more. I will resume with discussing the village that we stayed in one night.

They tried to teach about some of their cultural traditions, which included dancing. The picture below documents one of the most awkward moments in Hunter´s life. She just really didn´t want to get giggy with him, but it could have just been the music.

Sarah, on the other hand was quite a natural. Danced all night long.

After the mountain, we made it back to Riobamba where we had to go on a few more field trips. One included us having to look like lunch ladies, to see how Ecuadorian cereal bars are made. It was exhilirating.

Then we made a trip to the market in Guano. We ate delicious Cholas (bread filled with jam-they are famous for them) and then climbed a mini mountain-hill to ride the Teleferiqo. This might have been more dangerous then the jump. It was a little rinky-dinky, to say the least. And I might have had a mini freak out when we completely stopped in the middle without any warning, but it was cool.

But then Hunter was there to greet me at the end. I had to bribe him to take this picture with me.

Oh and I got a new host family in Riobamba. My host mother in Quito had called to insure that I was getting a good family, so sweet. But what was even sweeter was the fact that I didn´t stay along but with Hunter, Mary Alex, Addison and Charles! Hass was with us in the beginning but replaced by Charles later on because he needed a few more nights in Hotel Zeus. But before Haas left he taught us how to play poker, and my life will never be the same.

We played some excellent games of spades and took care of one another when we got sick. Besides Charles and I, every one got a 24 hour stomach virus. It began with Hunter, followed by Mary Alex, Sarah, then Addison, and finally poor Haas.

Of course we got to see some high class graffiti on the front of our house.

The Fam.

Ohohoh, and I almost forgot. When I joined Panhellenic I thought my days of having awkward and forced conversations with people I barely knew were over. I was mistaken. At the USFQ Riobamba campus we were asked by the Dean to do a sort of speed dating conversation thing to help his students with their English and us with our Spanish. It was really more to help them with there English. Every 10 minute 1 to 3 new students would come in sit in front of me. Their ages ranged from 13 to 22. They asked the same questions, and I usually gave the same answers. This lasted for almost 2 hours, and I was drained. Here are some of the questions:

in italics is what I felt like saying but didn´t

1. Do you like Ecuador? Yes. No, it is dirty and smells, and I don´t like that I eat rice for every meal and that the men whistle and say crude things to me when I walk down the street.

2. Who is your favorite team in the world cup? Brazil and USA. What kind of question is that I am from America, I like America.

So I am back in Quito, but don´t worry my misadventures have not ended. SF will be here in one week, and then the fun really begins.

¡Chao!