More Photo-a-day! Here, we have the first part of me and Pilar's trip to El Cisne towards the west of Quito. This was my first or second weekend in Quito after orientation so I had no idea what was going on, ever. I just nodded and followed Pilar, who sometimes dragged me down a road literally. The first picture is the beginning of our trip. We were looking for the Laquisha (ghetto girl name) bus but only the Mitad del Mundo bus would come by. Like 35 of them in a row. Pilar was getting mad so I took a picture of it. Next photo is of the treasured drink of Ecuador, Avena. Avena is made my soaking oats in water or milk or either of those with fruit and sugar in them for a few days. After that, you put it in a blender until it is a thick grey paste. After that, you add more sugar. It is great for kids! Also, for the first month or so, I was confused when people would call avena "quacker." After seeing it written down, I now understand: Quaker oats. Anyway, here is an avena cart sold by the polish nurse-bear, perhaps named Avena. Let's all get a cup from the disabled guy selling it outside the bus window?
After arriving to El Cisne, we actually settled down the the ceremony celebrating 60 years of marriage of a couple that were presumably more than 60 years old. The ceremony was pretty sweet, except one of the daughters gave a speech about how proud she was of her parents but also some how connecting this to gay marriage being wrong. But my gay-dar was honking Sra. Olivia. I gotta tell you.
After that, we ate huge quantities of meat and drank heavily. Remember that time when I semi-passed out on a balcony? Yeah, that happened. This is Pilar and my cousin Bolo drinking shots of cane liquor at about 5 pm. Bolo was extremely nice and friendly and I felt enormous pressure from my family to sleep with and possibly marry him. I did not bend to thier expectations but it was still eye-openingly awkward.
Oh next up is the little cousin Diego who is totally strange. He made me promise to put this picture up on the internet and I told him I would and put that off for 6 months. disculpame Diego!
The next morning, unbelievably hung over, Pilar and I decided to take a walk in the jungle for a while. because nothing clears up chucaqui like dense vegetation. Here's Pilar in her natural environment
houses are often built off the ground so that there's less humidity and bugs and animals getting in. Example A:
Back at the house, here's Tia Laura making lunch outside in the open fire.
And here's me outbehind the house at the beginning of the forest.
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And here's me outbehind the house at the beginning of the forest.
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