Living with Rosa and Uckledes
Trip Start
Jul 24, 2011
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Trip End
Oct 09, 2011
What I did
Enjoyed a few creature comforts
Tabacundo, Pichincha, Ecuador
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The house where I am staying is really close to the school which is very handy and literally takes less than two minutes.
I have my own room, with a seperate living room, which is seperate to the house itself, with a television. The Kitchen and room where we eat is seperate, as is the bathroom, which is outside. When I arrived then family were very proud to tell me that they had a shower with hot water ( although the water is not what I would call hot and am looking forward to a hot shower at home.
It is not quite what I was expecting in terms of an indigeous family, as they do not wear traditional dress but feels very authentic and like I am properly experiencing ecuadorian life. The family have dogs, cats, chickens, pigs and guinea pigs (which are a delicacy here, but am yet to sample!) Each day I have breakfast of fresh eggs, juice and tea before the very short walk to school. For lunch on the first day I was served soup, and then rice and chicken and then something very similar in the evening. I had to ask if it as ok, just have soup for lunch, as I felt about to burst! The soup is always interesting as I am never quite sure what it is, or what might be floating in it, but is always nice!
It gets dark at 6.30, when we have our evening meal, then it is to bed or to my room at least to watch t.v or read. It is very cold in the evening and the houses here do not have heating or insulation and the floors are concrete so it´s a case of wearing lots of layers and I always wear a poncho, which Rosa has leant me, to wear when I´m having meals.
I feel like my spànish is improving a little and its a case of having to speak spanish as Rosa and Uckledes do not speak any English, apart from a few words. Uckledes is a retired policeman and spent a few months in Arizona, where he learnt a few words and likes to say to me in the morning ´good morning teacher´and ´lots of thankyou´s´after every meal!
