Ecuador.... I think you´re great, and we´ve had some good times. And it´s not you, it´s me. Anyway..... Kids, I want to go home now!!!!!! 1 week to go!

"Quito Quito de me vida,Yo te canto con amor...."Yesterday I went to the bullfight. Monika lent me a sombrero and get this... crocodile skin boots! Well, if you´re going to see 6 bulls get it in the spinal cord after a guinea pig sandwich there´s no time to have animal rights issues. As Bill HIcks said, "you´re already on the dark side. There´s no need to get coy!" In any cas...

Well, I have been bugged endlessly for an account of my epic adventure to the jungle so here goes.... Just looked at my last entry for Riobamba. There were indeed Germans in the jungle. However. there were also dolphins and everything we wanted to see so that made up for it! So the animals we saw were.... Pink dolphins Grey dolphins Manatee (or was it a particularly mobile log? It was just a big plop sound and a black blob!) Tarantulas - the guide and the ...

Tumbaco was great, had a really good time and got a nice break from Quito. We went horseriding and drank wine, cooked, listened to music and just generally hung out together. Everything I need to relax! It was just what I needed . Not been up to much this week, the guy staying with us cooked a beautiful Thai soup the other night and last night I went to salsa class with him and then he played his guitar for us and we tried to sing Joni Mitchell songs - badly. ...

got one little girl who likes a certain Juan Carlos (what a name!) so she hits him and runs away in my class. She was mean to me so I said "ooooh pienso que tu le gusta!" (ooooh I think you like him!) and she went all red. Hahahaha. I need to get my kicks from somewhere. As a quick indicator of my week, here are its vital statistics: 10 paper aeroplanes confiscated by me in 1 day 2 dogs in the classroom 1 missing (and found) child. This was actuall...