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Monday, April 12, 2010

if you go in the calle they will molest you

it is hard to put the last couple of weeks into words. so much is and has been happening. went for a beautiful hike, de-furred and gutted a cuy, finished up language training which left a void that
has been filled by the most boaring lectures ever. to top that off they dragged us to a dam the other day that apparently produces 35 percent of ecuador´s electricity... and i´m sure destroyed countless species´ habitat... there was just a tiny stream trickling out below the dam. so much of natural resource conservation.
just spent a few days in cuenca. it´s is quite pretty but also not at all like anywhere else i´ve seen in ecuador, meaning very touristy. some of the group ran a 15k, that i didn´t even attempt because even though i´m not smoking, my lungs just can´t get used to the altititude. took a few hot showers and ate tasty food... even made it to a gay club (homosexuals have more fun).
i guess we have a few more days of the most useless training ever, and then back to quito to swear in. i can´t wait to get to my site and start a garden! i did make and consume a delicious salad just prior to saying goodbye to my caymbe host family. i will miss them.
hanging out with the group is becoming more and more fun, but simultaneouly more difficult as we beging to seperate. we´ve been playing rediculous games that apparently you are supposed to play in college, but i skipped. let´s just say i won. also i´ve started a journal of hilarious quotes, por ejemplo, the title above.
hopefully when i get to my site i will be able to post more photos, they can say the thousands of words i am leaving out.

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