Maybe some pictures you haven't seen:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2541882&id=8650529&l=6f79e38006
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2542011&id=8650529&l=7a59bb16b7http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2545492&id=8650529&l=9b3f8c82d9http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2545541&id=8650529&l=bcf859e5d9
And if you want to check out Laura's blog too, it's a little more spectacular.
http://lauraenlima.blogspot.com/
So my friend Holly came to visit this last week and all the fore-warnings I had to give made her hate Lima before she even set foot in the town. Believe me when I say that I will never consider Lima my ideal city. Like any large city of 8 MILLION people, it is busy, dirty, and dangerous and currently, smells like dead fish. We have officially crossed into winter. What does that mean this close to the equator and so near the ocean? It means that some days, when you least expect it, the fog will roll in and with it the smell of a 1000 rotting fish bowels. A heavy sea mist makes the air just as humid as summer but it gets quite a bit chillier. With the added luxury of midterms this coming week, I imagine this is what hell would feel like if it really did freeze over.
There it is not all sunshine and roses.
However, hold on folks, there is a twist. We have a one time pass out of this hellhole and if you play your cards right you too can hop on the happy train. Get your towels ready; apply that sunscreen real thick because you’
ve just won a trip to Ecuador!
Well, we are paying to go and I guess if you get here by Thursday you can join but otherwise I invite you to live vicariously through my adventures this coming week.
Our last midterm is Thursday and Friday morning we’re jet setting to the wonderful town of
Montanita. It’s hot, it’s lined with beaches, possible paragliding and whitewater rafting adventures. It’s the perfect getaway from Lima. I hope you all enjoyed your
Mifflin Street block party because we’re going to have a little party of our own in the
playa. I’m excited and I hope you are as well so stay tuned, it’s about to get real.
Note: this post prior to departure is to ensure you are updated when, in reality, I may not actually post about Ecuador for some time after the fact. You have been warned.
