Currently I am enduring my third bout with this Ecuadorian sickness I seem to have. I have been out of school for the past three days, not sure how many more to come, but I am alive! Numerous doctors visits and tests have revealed absolutely nothing about what is wrong with me, all the say is "you are getting used to the food". That seems reasonable I guess but I hope this passes soon. In the mean time I am on a diet of rice, bread and gatorade, watching everyone else eat at mealtimes is tantalizing to say the least.
Last weekend was pretty boring because I wasn't feeling great the whole time. Thursday I went out with Sharon and his crazy friends, emphasis on the crazy part. Friday I didn't really do anything because I wasn't feeling too great. Saturday I was going to go to the artisan market with Mama but the rain kind of ruined our plans. By the way, it has rained every day for the past week, the mornings are mild and then at around 2 or 3, it is like someone just turns on the taps, and the skies open. On sunday I woke up really early, around 6:30 i think and decided that I should go and take some pictures of the sunrise, well, I was a little late for the sunrise but I did get some really great photos. But I paid a price for my photos, being the clever person I am, I forgot to make sure that the keys to the house were in their normal hiding place and ended up getting locked out. I didn't want to wake anyone up so I just kept walking around and taking more photos to combat my boredom. Eventually people were stirring in the house so I knocked and was let in.
The plan was to go the the artisan market and after to got the Ecuador vs. Chile game in the afternoon with Sharon. We went to the market which was really cool, full of gringos like myself and merchants ripping them off for trinkets and "handmade" cloth. I couldn't help but laugh at some of the Americans who spoke to the sellers in English thinking that somehow they understood. I thought about offering my services as a translator for a little while, for a small price of course, but we had to leave. Next time. We went out to lunch and, oh look at the time, its 2:30, time for the rain, and rain it did. Hail the size of large pebbles joined forces with the rain to make everyone in the streets miserable, I felt bad watching them scramble for shelter while i was sitting high and dry behind the glass of the restaurant. we decided that going to the game in the rain/hail would not be the most enjoyable experience so went to one of my Uncle's house to watch it on the TV. But the weather had other plans, none of the broadcasts were working due to the rain, so we went home and waited patiently for the final score. Ecuador won 1-0! A big relief.
I am realizing I have kind of Taranito'd this post, starting with the end and then going back haha, but things like that keep my blog fresh.
Here are some of the photos I took, I played with them a little bit on my computer too:
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