I have occasionally watched spanish TV here and theres a few things I have learnt. Spanish people cannot act for the life of them, and sometimes the people do actually sound like the fast show ´Channel 9´skit (ethetheths ethethethes...Chris Waddle!) I have managed to learn quite a bit of spanish. I can say ´Nice to meet you´. ´1/2/3 beers please´. Thank you´. ´One more´. ´Im sorry´ and ´Hangover´. haha. No, but seriously, living in a country rea...

So Halloween isn´t really celebrated here like in the West. No kids dress up or trick or treat, but when I explained to my students what it involved (sweets, throwing eggs and toilet roll) they seemed very keen to begin doing so. It is a 3 day public holiday though, because the South Americans celebrate ´Día de Muertos´ (Day of the Dead). My immediate reaction to this holiday was ´Zombies! Where!?´...turns out my mad skills at Resident Evil wasn´t neccess...

Saturday. I went on a trip to Floreana, the first Island to be populated as it has a natural spring. It was also very popular with pirates back in the day. The group I went with was a majority of young lads and a few older folk. On our way there we passed some dolphins going in the opposte direction, so the meeting was pretty brief. When we arrived the small port was full of little heads bobbing in and out of the water, marine turtles. An on the rocks, the...

Went Kayaking with some british girls during the week, I promised to show them some sharks. They were both new at boating and I had had plenty of practice, but alas it was me who got moored onto some very sharp rocks in the middle of the bay. I had to push and shove to get myself back into the ocean (as the rocks were too pointy to stand on) and so I cut my hands a bit (again!). Mr Smooth as always. I also ventured to a small salt lake on the island, which I didn...

Teaching has nearly finished and the kids have started to grow on me. Well the younger ones have, the older ones are slightly less appreciative. Some of the kids are really short for 15. And when I caught one of them cheating on a test I took his secret piece of paper and when he got up to get it back I immediately raised my hand to the ceiling and there was no chance of him getting it. The class all laughed, so I am pretty much the class bully now. In another c...