Thank You

As my last main post from Ecuador, I thought I'd take a look back by just thanking all of the people who have made this trip as amazing as it was.  Enjoy.


 

Thank you to my host family, Irene for the awesome chow, Rrrrrenato have fun being a foreigner in Bélgica.
Conchita, come visit in the US! Your comped room in Vegas awaits
 
Everyone from the Zamora trip, great hike.
César for being an awesome guide in Zamora.   
 
Holger in Vilcabamba, Señor the horse.  I'm coming back to do the ride to Peru some day.
 
All the AIESECers in Loja, Ángel for putting up with all my problems
Fátima, your tios have an awesome finca.
I hope they don't make me dance at the airport before I go...
 
The other interns, we had an awesome group going here, hopefully we can get it back together some day.
 
Paola and Luis, for the hospitality, the web design lessons, and the coffee
 
All the panadarías and cybers near the house for putting up with my Spanish
 
Everyone I met in Manta, I think I know someone in every part of the world now.
Freddy, thanks for all the tours.  You made us look less like complete gringo tourists.
Owners of the hostería & co. in the truck, thanks for the ride to Manta.
Richard in Manta, awesome tour
 
Carolina & family in Baños, best pancakes ever.  So sorry for trashing the room.
Our favorite restaurant in Baños, amazing chow, only place in Ecuador where meat > rice
The señora at the house up in the mountains, thanks for the directions, even though they didn't work out.
Bungie jumping man in Baños, I'll be back some day with $15...
Friends from the bus to Cuenca, these were the better 6 of the 12 hours
 
My Arcoiris volunteer friends in Huaquillas.  The trip was awesome, thanks for the hop scotch lessons.
Don Pedro in Huaquillas, best crab ever
And his wife, that arroz con pollo was exactly what I needed on la isla seca
The fishermen on Costa Rica island, thanks for the chow, the bed, and btw your mosquito nets don't work
All the kids from the school near Puerto Hualtaco, hope I taught you some English.  Protect the manglares!
 
Esthela in Huaquillas, wish I would have blown off the bus.
 
Ángel and Paola at Arcoiris, thanks for taking me everywhere and helping to make my trip awesome
Pablito, ¿Que dicen las nenas?
Everyone else at Arcoiris, todo bien
Audrey, good times at the office, and your French crew, crazy French-Spanish accents  
 
Everyone at the foundation in Catacocha, I hope my translation helped!
 
Everyone from the Shaimi trip, hope your project works out.   
 
The KFC in Loja, for when I just couldn't eat any more rice
Hippy Monkey Maní con Chocolate.  So good.
 
Everyone back home reading my blog, keeping in touch
 
Grandma and Grandpa, none of this would have happened without you, thank you so much.

Mom, thank you for letting me go, and sorry for scaring you half to death repeatedly.
Dad, thanks for calming down Mom.