This week I found mold in my laundry bag, near my suitcase, and consequently on some of my clothes. Now everything is hanging up in my room to try to avoid any new little black spots. The main problem is the humidity. It rained nonstop for the last two days but we are beginning to [...]
21Jul10
Mold
21Jul10
Animal Encounters
The other day I was walking to Bunche with Alvaro and his brothers and we saw a 6ft-long snake, curled up and missing a head. It had a black and white pattern and was as thick as my fist in the middle. After everyone argued about how long it was, Alvaro picked it up with [...]
17Jul10
Carros
Each time I take a carro (a pickup truck) to and from Muisne it is a different experience. Yesterday, the truck was almost full (18 people) so I stood in the middle among a sack of something and some backpacks. There was a group of women who exploded in laughter every few seconds the entire [...]
17Jul10
Perritos
Flea’s puppies get cuter and cuter each day. She has two that are at the station and they are old enough to really resemble their parents (the brown one looks like Flea and the black one looks like Alvaro’s dog, Otilino). Sometimes she will run in circles or play with plastic bottles and they will [...]
17Jul10
More from Ecuador
Since using almost every method of ridding my mattress of insects I haven?t had any problems sleeping. I think I have about 10 bites right now, the lowest number I’ve had since arriving.
After the community meeting in Bunche, I worked on cutting the bamboo for platforms for trash (to keep it away from the dogs [...]
