The first Week

Hola hola hola!

Things are going great here. This weekend we went with my school to a subtropical forest and swam under a waterfall after a very long hike though millions of different types of plants. We were on the equator and learned about how intelligent the Inca people were. They knew sooo much that Europe did not, but sadly most of the information was destroyed by the conquistadors. But, on a lighter note...we balanced an egg on a nail because of some crazy thing with energy on the equator. It was pretty incredible. Last night we went out for the first time in Quito, we went to a salsa club. There was a band of almost 10 guys from Cuba who were PHENOMINAL. Everyone was dancing and have an amazing time. It is incredible to watch the way people can salsa dance....it is like they have practiced that specific routine 100 times. The vibe was just amazing...so much fun!

Otherwise, things are great. My host family is still amazing and everyone on the trip so great thus far as well! That is all I got for now......please email me and update me on life in the US...snide040@umn.edu

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