Site Visit!!!

Ok, so whats the deal. Last week was pretty awesome I think. Let me see if I can recap it. Oh now I remember. I got my site assignment. I got assigned to the province of Guayas in a small town about 3 hours northwest of Guayaquil. I can´t write my city on my blog due to some awesome Peace Corps policies. If you want to know what it is you can either ask my mom or hit me up on facebook. Last week I went to a farm with my language group and one other and we spent six hours making some special kind of soup that you are only allowed to eat one time a year according to Ecuadorian culture. The soup had every type of vegetable you can think of and a hardboiled egg and fish. It was served with apple boxed wine. Before we ate this meal, however, i had the opportunity to feast on some fresh organic peaches. Well me and another volunteer, Tio Jose, decided we were gonna see who could eat the most. We each ate ten and were sick for about two days. It was awesome. Even though I was sick I got to drink a few beers for St. Patricks day and watch some Karaoke. On Friday we got our site assignments and on Saturday we had a fiesta for all the host families. Somehow I got tricked into participating in some native dance as entertainment. We had to practice for two afternoons before the actual event. There was about 14 of us that participated. It was quite funny. Immediately following the native dance, I was then tricked into dancing with my host mom. Funny, I know. After the fiesta we went to our favorite bar....ok its not a bar. It is a bakery that has outside seating that occasionaly will serve you a beer. It was fun anyway. I spent all day Sunday getting to my site. I had to use like 6 busses. It was awesome. As soon as my bus got to the coastal atmosphere, the lifestyle was completely different. Everything on the coast is more awesome. People wear shorts and cutoff t-shirts with sandals. I like it. Everyone also listens to regaton. Today was my first day at my new job. I am working for the Department of the Environment in my city. I live in one of the larger sites and I think they are expecting a lot out of me. Today they told me that they were going to get me a bike so I could ride 8 kilometers to the river everyday. This is pretty awesome. It is hot as crap here, but I don´t care. I am helping with reforestation and water quality. It is kind of like a dream come true. I work with 3 engineers and they all think I am an engineer even though I have told them that I am not. It is funny when they give me the water treatment plant plans, that are in spanish, and think that I know what is going on. I also currently don´t have a host family and am staying in a hotel. Cool, I know. There is also another volunteer that is about 40 minutes from my site. I met her today. This is cool because some volunteers don´t have anyone around them for 3 or so hours. I think I am going to the river tomorrow, but I will have to wait and see. This week is going to be interesting. I will return to my host family in the mountains this weekend for my last week with them. Then, I am off on my tech trip.