One night last week, there was a thunderstorm here in Quito and the power went out at my house. My mom, sister and I went to our neighbors house to hang out there while waiting for the power to turn back on. I am so glad that our power went out because I got the chance to meet our amazing neighbors! They have a lot of children that I have fallen in love with. Especially two of the little boys who are 4 and 5 years old. They melt my heart! Since meeting them, I have been at their house almost everyday to play with the kids and spend time with everyone who lives there. I go to the park with them a lot as well to play with the boys. Also, the day I met them, they invited me to go to "el campo" (the country side/farm)with them the next day to visit there family and so that I could see the country side and the jungle. I had plans to go to the beach, but I could not pass up the opportunity to go somewhere with locals who I could learn a lot from.
So, the next day, my friend Raissa and I (a girl from my study abroad program) went with my neighbors to the country side. There were nine of us in total who went, all girls. We took a bus together and arrived to our destination, Pacto, about 3 hours later. We had an amazing day walking to a beautiful waterfall, spending time with their family, visiting a small sugar cane factory that is ran by a couple, and walking around their sugar cane farm. At the farm, I ate some of the most delicious fruit that I have ever had in my life! Ecuador has the most interesting and delicious types of fruit!
It was an amazing day and I am so glad to have formed such a great relationship with my neighbors here in Quito! They treat me like I am a part of their family :)
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| At the bus terminal about to leave for Pacto |
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| On the bus |
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| Walking to the waterfall |
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| The beautiful jungle |
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| Swinging on a tree swing |
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| Raissa and I at the waterfall |
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| Sweet little Belen |
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| All of us! |
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| The little town of Pacto |
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| Hanging out with family |
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| At the sugar cane factory |
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| Eating the candy that sugar cane makes. Yum!! |
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| Walking around the farm |
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| This woman runs the farm with her husband. |
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| A basket full of freshly picked lima fruit |
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| Eating the best type of fruit I have had in my life! I don't even remember the name though... |
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| So delicious! |
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| Yummy lima fruit! |
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| Sugar cane after is has been melted and hardened |
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| My dirty shoes after walking through the farm |
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| We all had very dirty shoes and fell in the mud a lot! |
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| Adriana washing the sugar canes for us to eat |
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| Yummy sugar cane! |
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