Isabel the butterfly at the Butterfly Museum in Mindo, Ecuador
Hello, blog. Hello, readers. I'm finally back. We just returned from Ecuador after a wonderful Semana Santa (Holy Week) vacation. I am going to post on our trip throughout the week, but for now I have lots of unpacking, cleaning, and planning to do to prepare for this coming week... BUT I want you to keep reading this week, so here's a taste of some things I experienced:
1. Taking a terribita (cable car) across a mountain valley through clouds in the pouring rain (actually way more fun then it sounds).
2. Watching people dressed in outfits that are basically a purple version of KKK outfits drag chains through the streets of Quito.
3. Learning about how chocolate is made late at night, outside, in the rain, with a guy from Michigan.
4. Riding a bike down the highest active volcano in Ecuador and eating hummus next to an old Inca fortress.
5. Closing the degree of separation between me and Axel Rose (of Guns & Roses) from about one million people to one. (Too bad I don't listen to them...)
And here is why I am glad to be back in Colombia:
1. I can drink the water out of the faucet.
2. I cooked my own dinner tonight.
3. My pesos go farther than my pesos-into-dollars did.
4. I can flush toilet paper down the toilet.
5. The weather. There's no where in the world with weather as good as the weather in this part of Colombia!
So, yes. It was a great trip, but it's lovely to be back in my own apartment in the 80 degree F weather. Please check back frequently this week, as I promise to post often this week and tell you all about my trip.
