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| 21 March 2011 at 7:30am |
Monday, March 21, 2011
Project Pichincha - Day 8 (Monday)
I know, I'm not very good at this one photo per day thing... Here's today's!
Long Over Due Book Review
I'm still powering through The Penguin History of Latin America
but lately I've needed a break. Two breaks actually. Today's review is on The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton
by Catherine Alliott.
but lately I've needed a break. Two breaks actually. Today's review is on The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton by Catherine Alliott.The book was a super easy, light read. I started it this week on Tuesday, reading in between classes and such, and I finished it yesterday. It's long but fast. It's supremely girly. It is about Evie and her family, immediate and extended. She finds out that her husband has a daughter by another woman (don't worry I haven't just ruined the story for you) and it's about how she deals with this news. At some times it's unnervingly insightful into how phschiatic a woman's brain can be. But mostly it's just fun to read.
This isn't anything that will challenge how you view the world. Although, I did find myself asking 'What would I do?' But its certainly something to read if you're waiting in an airport or if you have lots of free time.
ENJOY
To Jungle or Not to Jungle? That is the question
So we're coming down to our last few unaccounted for weekends here in Ecuador. Which is pretty crazy! We've been doing ok on cash. Living it up a little but trying to save as well... this is not my area of expertise. I always try but I usually fail. I think, especially being abroad, I just don't want to miss anything. Now, if you're my father, you'd say 'You can't do everything. Sometimes you have to say no.' To which I would say, 'I know, I know, I know.' I just don't really like this option. My thought process going something like this... Well, we'll get jobs when we're home and then we'll have some money to live off of. And we're only here in Ecuador for 6 more weekends. So doesn't it make more sense to really live up those six more weekends while we're here... doing things we cant do at home. Like going to the jungle, and climbing mountains and seeing ancient ruins and surfing lessons? If left to my own devices, I'd probably never have a savings account bigger than I do now (a whopping $30 some) but I'd really live it up a long the way.
Anywho all of this relates back to our current question... do we go to the jungle or not? And if so how do we do it? Most of our friends have done the same tour with Happy Gringo. It's four days and everything is included, except the bus ticket there ($8/person/way). The cost is right around $200/person. So that'd be about $450 when all is said and done. Which we might be able to scrape together. The things is this month we also have to renew our visas (cost = $90/person) because we need an extra 30 days on them.
The other option is for us to just take the bus one weekend to Tena or Lagra Agrio and arrange it from there ourselves. We think this would be cheaper but we're not quite sure because well we've never done it before.
What would you do? Just say 'ok, let's do it,' and come back to the States with a very small amount of cash and eat soup for the next month so that you could spend 4 days in THE Amazon. or be responsible and save your money so that when you come back home you'll have cash to spend.
MULUB,
Taylor
Anywho all of this relates back to our current question... do we go to the jungle or not? And if so how do we do it? Most of our friends have done the same tour with Happy Gringo. It's four days and everything is included, except the bus ticket there ($8/person/way). The cost is right around $200/person. So that'd be about $450 when all is said and done. Which we might be able to scrape together. The things is this month we also have to renew our visas (cost = $90/person) because we need an extra 30 days on them.
The other option is for us to just take the bus one weekend to Tena or Lagra Agrio and arrange it from there ourselves. We think this would be cheaper but we're not quite sure because well we've never done it before.
What would you do? Just say 'ok, let's do it,' and come back to the States with a very small amount of cash and eat soup for the next month so that you could spend 4 days in THE Amazon. or be responsible and save your money so that when you come back home you'll have cash to spend.
MULUB,
Taylor
Project Number 2 - Day 12 (Sunday)
So yesterday was a nice and relaxing day. Ryan went to Fin McCool's to watch the Chelsea game with Sebas which gave me lots of time to catch up on emails, blogs, facebook, etc! We've been working to try and get things sold. We're doing pretty well. Ryan's going to put the bigger items on Mercado Libre today. We've got a few other ideas, but hopefully we'll get everything claimed by the end of this month!
As far as what I ate yesterday...
Breakfast - Ryan brought me the Irish Breakfast from Fin McCools! YUMMY! I seriously would order a whole hotel pan full of just the tomatoes. The breakfast comes with sausages, bacon, eggs, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, and toast. Plus, of course I had some coffee and a banana.
Lunch - Because I didn't eat my breakfast until about 1:30, I wasn't really hungry again until like 5 or so. I made us big snack salads that ended up being really earthy. They had spinach, kale, brocoli, tomatoes, green pepper, cheese, a little teeny tiny bit of ground beef and mote (Ryan's) or choclo (mine). Plus I made a little dressing with sour cream, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and spanish paprika.
Dinner - Because we're out of gas... (bane of my existence in Ecuador) we had to eat raw again or use the toaster oven. We cut some tomatoes in half, sprinkled them with oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and some fresh rosemary and thyme. Then popped them in the toaster over for about an hour. 10 minutes before they were done we topped them with a little bit of La Chonta cheese. YUM YUM YUM!
As far as what I ate yesterday...
Breakfast - Ryan brought me the Irish Breakfast from Fin McCools! YUMMY! I seriously would order a whole hotel pan full of just the tomatoes. The breakfast comes with sausages, bacon, eggs, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, and toast. Plus, of course I had some coffee and a banana.
Lunch - Because I didn't eat my breakfast until about 1:30, I wasn't really hungry again until like 5 or so. I made us big snack salads that ended up being really earthy. They had spinach, kale, brocoli, tomatoes, green pepper, cheese, a little teeny tiny bit of ground beef and mote (Ryan's) or choclo (mine). Plus I made a little dressing with sour cream, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and spanish paprika.
Dinner - Because we're out of gas... (bane of my existence in Ecuador) we had to eat raw again or use the toaster oven. We cut some tomatoes in half, sprinkled them with oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and some fresh rosemary and thyme. Then popped them in the toaster over for about an hour. 10 minutes before they were done we topped them with a little bit of La Chonta cheese. YUM YUM YUM!
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