somewhere under the sky

adventures

i´m back in cuenca. i´m sure for those of you who actually check my blog have given up by now since i´ve been completely out of sight and out of mind, maybe, but anyway here´s a quick update even i´m still all over the place until my other program starts june 26.
my mom has arrived safe and sound here in cuenca and we are visiting around.
i am in love. still with saraguro. for those of you who know me well enough, the best way to explain is that i love saraguro like i love greece.
so. with the group from ohio we left for the amazon, then to quito for a day, then mindo, then otavalo, then back to quito, from where everybody left. it was all interesting and beautiful, but a little rough with all of us traveling around together. i had an especially hard time, just being in the middle of things and not taking sides and just wanting everyone to get along. but anyway it was a good time, and i was sad to say goodbye to my fellow companions from cuenca-land. then i was off with 3 others to peru. only for 2 days. it was beautiful and nice but left with a terrible impression after being robbed quite willingly by 3 men who took advantange of me because i was alone, a woman, and a foreigner. anyway i´ve forgotten about it. just never cross the border again.
then i went to my beautiful saraguro. this i´ll have to explain in a separate entry. but i spent over a week there working through a Foundation, getting to know what they do and the projects they have. i fell in love with every indigenous Saraguro. unfortunately, they´re all married. i think i just have to meet some younger ones. so in another entry i´ll explain what i did and why the culture is beautiful and why i want to live there forever.
so i´m here in cuenca for a few days. and then off to saraguro again!!!!!! i´m so excited that i have the opportunity to return because next week is Inti Raymi, festival of the sun, and it´s a huge deal and it´s going to be fantastic. i can´t wait. and then, sigh, i return to cuenca and the busy stressful city life.
until then, regards, too bad the US was shamed but go Ecuador!!!!! ¡¡viva el futbol!
much love

posted by leah v @ 4:56 PM