In the Amazon!!

We have reached one week today!!

My new favorite ride is the bus system now. Every ride has more to see and more thrills to freak Nic out, I love it. We went through a tunnel which had water leaking everywhere, it reminded me of a bad Disney ride then as we came out you could looked down a really steep drop to this beautiful river, at this point Nic switched spots with me so I would have the window seat. All together we were on a bus for about 9 hours and I enjoyed every minute.

Now we are in Puyo which is a really small town about an hour away from Baños. It doesnt get many gringos so we stick out but luckily we have a local to show us around. This is where it gets even more amazing. The place we are staying at is right at the edge of the jungle, la selva. There is organic farming, finca, all over the property. The first day all we did was weed but each pull of a plant brought more bugs to see. I could walk around for hours taking photos of different things and writing in my journal. Marco, an amazing person that makes Rambo look like a child, has so much knowledge of the local area and all the medicinal plants the selva has to offer. The first day he took us around and identified many plants. I´m hoping I´ll have another chance to do this with him again later because I was unsure if I could take my camera out or not. Each day and everything is great, even the tough work in the garden or the gathering of huge leafs in the jungle.

My spanish is getting better but I´m still having hesitation speaking in spanish. It doesnt help that Nic enjoys talking almost as much as he does eating but my undestanding is getting better. Sooner or later I´m just going to start spitting out perect Spanish and make Nic look like the white guy, just kidding.

The food!! Fruits, meat everything tastes so good here. Its a combination of the hard work and this sun but it really does add to the experience. Everytime we eat though all I can think of is my mom telling me I shouldn´t drink that or eat that. Well I have listened a little and still refuse to drink the milk which is from the cows of a neighbor so be proud mom lol. Nic and I have both been very fortunate so far with no food sickness although the malaria pills did make me sick one night.

Not sure when the next time is that I will have a computer but hopefully its soon. Thanks for reading everyone and miss you guys all very much. When we are back in Riobamba in a couple of weeks we can set up skype times for anyone that wants to talk to us.

Love
Nic and Kenzie