Santiago, Chile to Otavalo, Ecuador
8th August 2006
Arrived in Otavalo on Sunday via Quito. Met Chrissie, the volunteer coordinator, at the hostel, Villa Nancy in Quito. Melissa, from Chicago, USA and Suzannah from Tunbridge Wells, UK are the two other Spanish learners on the course. They will be teaching in the community from next weekend when I travel on to the Amazon. On the way to Otavalo we stopped at a quirky museum which is on the equator and we watched some experiments which showed different actions on the equator compared to either side in the north and south hemisphere. We could see the monument built by the French 200 years ago, supposedly on the equator but it isn't.
Met by host family when we arrived in Otavalo. I have a room with tv and a desk to study. Very difficult the first night but the family are very friendly and Rossie teaches Spanish at the school so she does speak to me in English when things get too difficult. There are still lots of long silences at the dinner table. I am getting fed alot. Three big meals a day.
The lessons are not very exciting as they consist of lots of grammar - just like learning at school all those years ago. I am used to the modern way of learning. Still something will go in, I guess, though it is very boring when you are sitting one to one with a teacher for 3 1/2 hrs.
Otavalo is lovely and I recommend a visit. There is a colourful market every day plus an amazing fruit market. On Saturday the market mulitiplies around the surrounding streets and I think is the biggest in South America. I wander around knowing I can not buy anything. 8th August 2006
Arrived in Otavalo on Sunday via Quito. Met Chrissie, the volunteer coordinator, at the hostel, Villa Nancy in Quito. Melissa, from Chicago, USA and Suzannah from Tunbridge Wells, UK are the two other Spanish learners on the course. They will be teaching in the community from next weekend when I travel on to the Amazon. On the way to Otavalo we stopped at a quirky museum which is on the equator and we watched some experiments which showed different actions on the equator compared to either side in the north and south hemisphere. We could see the monument built by the French 200 years ago, supposedly on the equator but it isn't.
Met by host family when we arrived in Otavalo. I have a room with tv and a desk to study. Very difficult the first night but the family are very friendly and Rossie teaches Spanish at the school so she does speak to me in English when things get too difficult. There are still lots of long silences at the dinner table. I am getting fed alot. Three big meals a day.
The lessons are not very exciting as they consist of lots of grammar - just like learning at school all those years ago. I am used to the modern way of learning. Still something will go in, I guess, though it is very boring when you are sitting one to one with a teacher for 3 1/2 hrs.
Otavalo is lovely and I recommend a visit. There is a colourful market every day plus an amazing fruit market. On Saturday the market mulitiplies around the surrounding streets and I think is the biggest in South America. I wander around knowing I can nHowever, if I get back here in November, my suitcase will be full.
Arrived in Otavalo on Sunday via Quito. Met Chrissie, the volunteer coordinator, at the hostel, Villa Nancy in Quito. Melissa, from Chicago, USA and Suzannah from Tunbridge Wells, UK are the two other Spanish learners on the course. They will be teaching in the community from next weekend when I travel on to the Amazon. On the way to Otavalo we stopped at a quirky museum which is on the equator and we watched some experiments which showed different actions on the equator compared to either side in the north and south hemisphere. We could see the monument built by the French 200 years ago, supposedly on the equator but it isn't.
Met by host family when we arrived in Otavalo. I have a room with tv and a desk to study. Very difficult the first night but the family are very friendly and Rossie teaches Spanish at the school so she does speak to me in English when things get too difficult. There are still lots of long silences at the dinner table. I am getting fed alot. Three big meals a day.
The lessons are not very exciting as they consist of lots of grammar - just like learning at school all those years ago. I am used to the modern way of learning. Still something will go in, I guess, though it is very boring when you are sitting one to one with a teacher for 3 1/2 hrs.
Otavalo is lovely and I recommend a visit. There is a colourful market every day plus an amazing fruit market. On Saturday the market mulitiplies around the surrounding streets and I think is the biggest in South America. I wander around knowing I can not buy anything. 8th August 2006
Arrived in Otavalo on Sunday via Quito. Met Chrissie, the volunteer coordinator, at the hostel, Villa Nancy in Quito. Melissa, from Chicago, USA and Suzannah from Tunbridge Wells, UK are the two other Spanish learners on the course. They will be teaching in the community from next weekend when I travel on to the Amazon. On the way to Otavalo we stopped at a quirky museum which is on the equator and we watched some experiments which showed different actions on the equator compared to either side in the north and south hemisphere. We could see the monument built by the French 200 years ago, supposedly on the equator but it isn't.
Met by host family when we arrived in Otavalo. I have a room with tv and a desk to study. Very difficult the first night but the family are very friendly and Rossie teaches Spanish at the school so she does speak to me in English when things get too difficult. There are still lots of long silences at the dinner table. I am getting fed alot. Three big meals a day.
The lessons are not very exciting as they consist of lots of grammar - just like learning at school all those years ago. I am used to the modern way of learning. Still something will go in, I guess, though it is very boring when you are sitting one to one with a teacher for 3 1/2 hrs.
Otavalo is lovely and I recommend a visit. There is a colourful market every day plus an amazing fruit market. On Saturday the market mulitiplies around the surrounding streets and I think is the biggest in South America. I wander around knowing I can nHowever, if I get back here in November, my suitcase will be full.
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