Well now that I’m home, I just couldn’t resist reading Tandia, the sequel to The Power of One that I churned through in Ecuador. I’m not churning through it quite as fast as I did the The Power of One, but it’s still keeping me from Neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple, which is really what I should be getting stuck into right now.
I keep telling myself that with Tandia out of the way then I’ll be free to devote my full attention to Neuroanatomy, but even I’m not guillible enough to fool myself into believing that!!!
Contrary to what the gaping silence of this page suggests, I haven’t been kidnapped in the jungle of Ecuador. I’ve just come home, and been really really busy with a little thing called uni starting back for the year.
I’ve been back for nearly 2 weeks now, and while it is great to be back, it has taken some adjusting to. I really, really miss Ecuador, it is a country that’s very easy to become enchanted with. “What exactly do you miss?” I hear you ask, well allow me to elucidate.
The top 10 things I miss about Ecuador (in no particular order):
- The drinking yoghurt - so smooth and creamy and no yucky bits in it……mmm Toni!!
- Speaking Spanish. I am by no means fluent, but damn it is fun (and frustrating, and embaressing) to talk in another language.
- Reggaeton music, especially Gasolina.
- Walking around various cities, towns and villages every day for hours on end.
- Batidos and jugos…..mmm lovely fruit.
- Saying good morning, good afternoon and goodnight to practically everyone you walk past in the street. Here in Sydney you don’t even make eye contact, let alone say hello.
- Lots of pig, goat and cow spottings, even in the middle of decent sized cities.
- The gorgeous people dressed in bright colours, especially the ladies in hats, cardiagans, skirts and long socks. That is exactly how I’m going to dress when I’m older.
- The “party buses”, where every ride is an adventure. There might be animals onboard, there may be interesting people to meet, or you might jsut get squished to death. They’re cheap and they’re frequent, and they put Sydney buses to shame. And they show Stephen Seagal movies!
- The kids that we taught (and all the other cute kids we saw too). Crazy as they are, they were a great bunch. I would love to know what happens to them in the future. It is scary to know that some of the 12 year old girls we taught are going to be married and popping out kids within a year or two!!!
So having been to South America twice now, I am still keen to go back for more. Such a big continent, and so many different things to see and do. I’m really keen to do my elective somewhere there in 3rd year, but exactly where, well that’s the million dollar question.
