my host dad, Rodrigo, had the only truck in town, so he took everyone's products from the small farming town of Santa Rosa (where i was for 3 weeks) to sell in Quito, five hours away, every thursday. He also takes about half the town to Saguangal every weekend to watch the soccer games. It's really fun riding in the back.
this is Saguangal, it's way bigger than Santa Rosa, and it's about an hour away by truck
leo hiding in the kitchen
Andrea, my host mom
"abuelo" (abrahan)-- he lives with my fam but is a "diario," meaning he works on different farms in Santa Rosa for pay but doesn't have his own.
leo sleeping on yuca
picking papayas is fun-- one person has to poke the almost ripe ones with a long stick and then the other person has to catch them on the way down-- they are really heavy though and some are football size, so you have to be careful not to hurt your fingers
they have several different kinds of platano, the small "perfect" ones we import are referred to as "ceda"
my room
a couple days were spent constructing a new house for one of the pigs
leo lurkin'
leo sleeping in a bowl
la casa