IT IS SO HOT HERE. 90 degrees and 100p humidity... and with the sun being so strong close to the equator we were all surprised by some nice nose sunburns today. Even with massive amounts of sunscreen (I think I applied like four times the whole day) Im now a light pink color.
But the food is amazing, the city of Guayaquil is beautiful, our hostel is clean even though the showers are ice cold, and Im already having fun. All the people in my group are here for different reasons, but they´re all great people and seem genuinely dedicated to challenging themselves by roughing it in the jungle, on the farm we will be working on next week, learning Spanish, and facing down malaria by taking our pills before bed every night. We have all already bonded so much I am excited to see where we all are at by the end of these three months. Although we all fully understand at different points in time we will be sick of one another, especially bunking night after night over/under one another night after night annoying each other with our movements... But I am glad there are a few other big city kids on this trip to lean on for support when the B.O. just gets to be too much and the giant spiders cause us to scream as we are trekking through the jungle.
Tomorrow is our scavenger hunt as a final part of orientation to the trip to get last minute supplies that we were not instructed to bring. Like toilet paper for the hostels that dont provide it (...wut.).
This trip is certainly proving to already be an adventure!
Next week we will be working on a volunteer based organic farm, and we wont have access to a computer, and possibly not showers, so wish me luck and check back in a week and a half for an update on how terribly I miss the US and modern convieniances already.
Wish me luck!
EAJ
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