So, I realized that I am only writing about my weekend adventures and have not really commented on the everyday life that I live. Both are important, one just happens to hold better stories.
I live in a city called Quito. Quito is a huge sprawled about city in a valley created by mountains. Although this makes the city very pretty, it also traps the pollution in the valley. Some days it is very hard to breathe because of all the pollution in the air. When buses drive by the black puff of smoke that is produced is incredibly large, and kind of scary. Also, there is not a very good trash/ recycling system or education about that so the streets are pretty much littered with trash. I do not have any pictures of the area near my school because to have a camera out is screaming ¨please rob me¨. Every bus that I take I feel like I am in a mosh pit. And, on almost every bus there are kids selling things. With all of that said, I still am loving it. It is a fairly large culture shock, but one that I am learning from. For example, wherever I go I am reminded how I do not look like anyone here, because people look at me like ´what are you doing here?´ I think this is an important experience to have, and I am getting used to it. It really has taught me a lot about having to be aware of how I act and present myself. When a lot of us (from the program) are together in public we often notice how incredibly loud we are, this is just a cultural difference but one that I had never noticed before and find interesting.
Shoot, I wish I could write a little more and explain my new day to day reality better but I am off to the park with my host family and our dogs!! I shall write more later :) Sorry this is so incomplete... adios!
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