Been here for a couple of weeks now, its been interesting sifting through our culture, sifting through my life here and figuring out what to change. Somewhere in ecuador i lost the urge to drink, maybe seeing so many crash and burns made my stomach churn up so anything alcoholic in nature just curdled my stomach. The Quichuas are just a broken ( Read more... )

So those that have lived at the Playa for a couple of weeks any advice on how to pack and what to live in? I am planning on taking a tent (regular fiberglass poles tent) out there is this wise? I have done the weeklong visit and know that very well, but being out there for a month is different. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

So setting up Skype so that Kaqimax can speak to S in Guatemala, does anyone have any headset and webcam lying around you don't need? We do have some but they are still buried somewhere(or gone to goodwill a while back doh!) and we are keeping a close eye on finances until we get back on our feet. LJ me or call me,

Thanks,
-R

Wow that was a failed attempt to leave the house all together. So what now? Woke up this morning feeling less than stellar, looking at the mirror, have i forgotted who me is/was? Don't know this guy, looking around at our abode it looked in shambles so decided to clean it up, now looking back it looks better but all my morning plans are dashed, ( Read more... )

So yeah its been a couple of days now things here should be easier but they aren't just yet. We are moved in our place we still have boxes of crap, crap we thought we got rid of but we found yet more in these boxes. We just settled in sleeping back in our place but it still feels foreign to us, just another hotel/hostal for now. Today i will go ( Read more... )

So yeah, been reading in front of this screen now for about 45 minutes the longest i have been sitting in front of this puter here. We are in Quito now, getting cleaned up/catching up on sleep and what not. Logged into my yahoo account that is where all of the info from yáll comes in, alot of discussion of what next is going on. Been thinking ( Read more... )

Built a fire pit..... just had enough beer to ease my evening to the right frame of mind..... Had a horrific sunset.......... popped the cherry on a new machete it flexes so beautifully......... time to put S to bed and head over for a nice evening with the glow of a fire and cacophony of frogs, birds and occasional black caiman...........now ( Read more... )

Miss you fuckity fucks............

Still in Quito, waiting to hear back from immigracion, as of today we are 6 days as an illegal aliens, i have been here before and the shit gets old right away. The last time i was here i was 8 months illegal and made it through just fine, this time though with a wife and kid things are just a little different as things that used to fly are no ( Read more... )

Tired but not out, had a good time going to Panacocha to search for pink river dolphins, been working loads, Lila is finally guiding her first group (finally!). We finally got our wooden paddles done so we will have more independence in the future so that is always a plus. Been taking a lot of photos, need to find some XP OS or a computer with a ( Read more... )