Hilton Colon Guayaquil
Av. Francisco de Orellana Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Stop over for the night
Two flights down and one more in the AM. 5 AM wakeup looms after several beers and a late night meal.
The last flight from Quito to here was a doozie! Stuck by the window--now way out--ADD kicked in and could not get up. Scary...very scary!
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We reactivate our foreign travel skills
... br> retrieved our luggage and stood in line, we were surrounded by hundreds of
people and the sounds of a language that is familiar but not understandable to
our untrained ears. The world around us felt strange and somewhat threatening. I
found my anxiety rising, since I was not sure what we were being told to do. I
remembered why international travel can be so challenging.
After we arrived at our hotel, we unwound in the lobby bar
with a ...
December 7th update!
... could see the entire city of Guayaquil and Samborondon (my town) too! It was so pretty, especially at night with all of the lights! The neighborhood was up on a hill, so we had to climb tonnnnnnnnns of stairs to get up to where she lived. Well worth it though! On our way to her house, we were walking down the street, and a man yelled "PAN DE YUCA!" really loudly out of his car as he passed us. I was confused, but everyone starting laughing really hard. Pan de yuca here is a kind ...
October 11th entry! Que titulo imaginativo!
... she doesn't have to pay it back. FREE CASHOLA. I told her we get student loans in the US, but that we have to pay them all back...with interest! BOO. I wish I got free money like that!
On the way to and back from volunteering today, I noticed that the people who are always jumping on the public busses trying to sell candy, are always wearing pretty nice clothes, and lots of silver rings. Why would people who dress like that be trying to get 25 cents from strangers? I ...
New host fam/UEES
... Of course, I have neglected to realize that one of the words in "study abroad" is "study". I haven't missed school at all, I definitely think I'm over it. Today I skipped my volunteer work (which I still need to update you all on!) and my first class to prepare notes for an oral presentation on Francisco Pizzaro and his meeting with the Incas for my socioeconomics in Ecuador class. Then I got to campus and totally forgot ...



