I wrote this like two days ago. I have since had one shower.

Hey yall. So things have been alright lately. Since I last posted I have seen a bullfight. That was pretty intense. The first fight involved three clowns stabbing a bull with long swords. But, they didn?t kill him. The next fight involved a bull that wasn?t too big, but there was a good long while where I was convinced it wouldn?t die. Then they stabbed him in the head. It was gruesome. The last fight was some guy on a horse fighting a pretty big bull. It lasted a good long while, he even had to switch horses cause the first one got too winded. Eventually after a very bloody gruesome fight to the death, the bull died. Then, he came back to life, but then they stabbed him in the head. It was pretty crazy. I don?t know if it was worth 7 bucks. I will probably go again though, cause for some reason I had a pretty good time. Oh, you could also buy beers in really big glasses like at sports events in the states. It was sweet.

Since then, not much has been going on. I finished all 50 of my interviews that Peace Corps said I had to do. All I have to do know is type it up in a report. Yay. On a much grosser note, I have not showered in like seven days. For some reason my family turns the water off to the house. It?s awesome and smelly. I feel really dirty, but I guess I am getting used to that feeling. Lets hope that it turns on today. My video game addiction has kicked back in. I play video games for like an hour or two a day. I know, I have a problem. Whatever. I think I am gonna try to buy a new bike pretty soon and after that I am going to get a guitar. Woo. Well, I hope everyone at home is doing awesome. I am doing fine even though I don?t shower anymore. I sometimes take baths in a dirty bucket, so it?s all good. Alright later.

Lately

Ok everyone. So I havn´t been posting much lately and I have never even posted a picture. So here are a few in no particular order.


This is the view from my office window.

This is me and Mohammed at a hot spring.

This is Jose "aka Tio" and Mohammed at the same hot spring.

This is a crappy view of the sierra. Man it sucks here.

This is me doing my interviews in my community.

Cayambe.

Cayambe from my bedroom window during training.

The Beach.
Yeah, so everything has been pretty awesome lately. I go to work everyday and talk in spanish to people. Some days are better than others, but everday is memorable. Lately I have been interviewing people in my town about environmental education. Peace Corps rocks and makes us interview the community. In most cases this is a good integration tool, but my city hast about 35,000 people in it. So The people I get to know real well are the people at the office. Anyway, I have been living in an old monestary that has been converted into an office with a host family. It is very interesting, but I am enjoying the experience. ¿Que mas? Oh, I can eat fried shrimp dinners in my town for $3.50. Expensive, i know. It is pretty sweet. I think I am about to go to the community landfill. This should also be interesting, because I have no idea what to expect. Wow, I worked in an office in the states and dealt with waste management issues. Now I work in an office in Ecuador and will undoubtedly be working in waste management. haha. Funny how things work out. I am also gonna be doing a reforestation project near the river in my community in efforts to help with their potable agua project. Well I gotta go, I will update soon. I miss everyone and hope that everything is ok. Luego.

ps. the spellcheck isn´t working, so ignore all errors.