last post

Well today is my last day in Ecuador and I am very sad I have to go. I have to be responsible and go to college like everyone else I guess. Oh well I have some new career ideas mom and dad, but you would probably hate them. Anyways, Baños is an actuall city in Ecuador with adventure sports and natural thermal pools.( the direct translation of a Baño is bath not a camode???) I met tons of people from England to Australia to France to Canada to LA and to even Montgomery, AL. I never stayed in a dorm hostal. It just so happened the hostals I went to did not offer bunks only rooms, but the room was six bucks a night.
I had to say goodbye to the kids today and that was rough. Hopefully I can visit sometime or who knows, maybe another summer. Anyways I think my food is ready so I need to go. I will see all you guys next week sometime. take care, I have to be at the airport by 4:30 so I need to go to bed.

update

Hey guys, i am in otavalo in the middle of my spanish classes. i usually have four hours of class a day, but today i have 8 hours. (I am not having classes on friday) I have learnded so much and my spanish is improving rapidly. THere is a change of plans for travel though. I am going to go to quito to see if I can get a ticket to the juego de EL Nacional y Barcelona for a cheap price. (This game is a big rivalry.) If I can I will be in 45.000 estadio with other El Nacional fans on Saturday. That is only if I can get it cheap, then after the game I plan to go to Baños. If I can´t work it out then I´ll just go to Baños. But anyways just to give you guys an update. I only have a little more than 2 weeks (muy triste). Oh wait, let me tell you about the family i am staying with. I am staying with a older couple in un barrio in otavalo. Also one of their daughters lives with them along with her son. They are really nice and can be very funny. Anyways I have to go I have another four hours of spanish in, actually right now, anyways hasta luego.

update

This is just going to be a short one. I have Christian, Jhon, and Jorge at my house. Two guys from Twickenham are here and are staying at Jerry's house. Tonight some of Jerry's family is coming so Jerry can leave for the states on Saturday. (Jerry will be in Huntsville from Saturday to Wednesday.) Also I will go to Otavalo on Sunday afternoon and start spanish classes on Monday. I will leave Otavalo on Friday after classes and then go on to Baños from Friday night and come back to the Hacienda on the next Tuesday. Well that's it from here see you guys later.

hey everyone

Well today has been an interesting week. First, I had to do help with the financial planning of the hacienda, so Jerry can present to Twickenham.( ok that was boring) On Wednesday, I helped lay the cement with the construction crew on the third casa. I have no experience with construction, but I have never worked hard that fast before. On Friday, I went down to Tabacundo to one of the many fiestas for San Pedro.(San Pedro is celebrated in Tabacundo and Cayambe for all of June and to mid-July). That day was a big parade. When I mean parade, I just mean groups of people walking and down and singing with instruments, there were no floats involved. But hey, I still had a good time. I hope to go to spanish school in Otavalo on the second week in July. Then for that weekend and the start of the third week of July, I hope to be in Banos. More on that later. Anyways I need to go to bed. I just finish watching the new Manchurian Candidate. That's a good movie anyways. Buenos Noches y Salud.

update

Today was a work day. I cleaned up the front entrance of the hacienda with Christian, Jhon, y Jorge, and then I helped Justin with school stuff. Hey I think I have a change of plans about backpacking. I might be able to go to a spanish school in Otavalo for 5 days. I would stay with a host family and would be completely immersed in it. I plan to take 2 or 3 hours a day of actual classes. (IS that good enough Nat?) It's only $5 a hour plus $10 day for housing(including meals). I think that is all I can afford. I still plan to go backpacking a little bit. I just plan to go to Banos instead of Cuenca(11 hour bus ride) and Banos. I do not know how long I will be able to travel, but if I have enough days I will probably spend the night in Quito, who knows. Anyways the time has gone by. I only have a month and a week. Oh well I do not need to focus on that at all. Anyways that is all from down here. Hope everything is going good in the States.
Hasta Luego!!!!!!

update

Hey guys well I just finished babysitting Jhon, Jorge, and Cristian. We had pizza and watched a movie. Yesterday, however, was very eventful. I took the boys to their first soccer game in Cayambe. We got there late for work purposes. Jerry dropped us off to the wrong estadio We learned 15 minutes after we arrived at that estadio it was the wrong one, and a lady told us about a taxi place 3 blocks away. We took a taxi and eventually got to the right stadium. We got there right before the end of half time and we saw the second half. Once we got there, we were greeted by courtney's(from twickenham group) friend. (It's a long story, I will tell later.) Anyways, the game started back and it was very interesting. The size was like a minor league baseball game here, but a whole lot more passionate with chants, drums, and even shooting firecrackers and romancandles in the stands. Espoli won(the home team) and the entire losing team(including coaches) charged towards the refs and a fight almost broke out. The police came out to prevent the fight. It was a very interesting day and a very fun day. This summer has already gone by so fast. I do not want to leave this place. Oh yeah, I hope to do a little backpacking for about a week sometime. I want to go to Cuenca and Banos. Hopefully that will happen. Anyways take care and I love you guys. Bye!!!!!!

segundo

Buenas Tardes, Como estas. Senora Faught, Yo hablo a Jerry sobre mi viaje y dice si para si. Yo quiero a ir a Cuenca y Banos para siete dios. No se cuando. Yo tengo mucho dinero para este viaje. Por favor, no dice a mama y papa sobre este. Yo digo a el tiempo correcto. Pues, todo yo digo en espanol. Ahora. Hasta Luego. Chao.