After a total of about seven weeks in Ecuador I am on the road again. I have certainly had a good time here, learned a lot of Spanish, a little bit of Salsa, and met a lot of really cool people who, of course, you can never get to know as well as you would like to. A few highlights of the rest of my time in Ecuador are: -Took a bike trip to Mount Cotopaxi, which consisted of being driven to the base of the mountain and riding a bike downhill. It was g...

Writing this after a great weekend, but I'll tell you a little bit about life in Quito. During classes, which are going very well, I went with my instructor to the Ecuator. There is the official site, with a big monument and complex. The whole thing is very touristy and kinda stuffy, but you gotta go there, just to say that you have been. Right next door, however, is the mom and pop specially. Their claim to faim is that they say that the official markin...

Well, it has happened again, this is my first day of school. It's Deja Vu all over again. I have signed up for six weeks of classes for six hours a day. Should be pretty intense. I am in Quito right now, and even though it is very near the equator, it is quite cool because of the high elevation. I hope that I will be able to see some of the country and learn a lot of spanish.