I'm sorry it has been so long since I have posted. It has been a combination of being busy and being too tired and a little sick to do it lately.
It has been an interesting week, filled with a lot of somethings but not much of anything. On Tuesday, we went to talk to this guy who owns Yoko, the nicest club in Cuenca, and set it up for me to sing at the club. It was all very exciting and kind of quick before I realized what I had just gotten myself into. Truthfully, I think everyone else was a little more excited than I was; thus a reason for it not happening. The night they wanted me to sing is the same night we had planned on going to the jungle, so I am no longer singing.
I do feel bad for cancelling, but I never actually asked to do it, nor do I actually sing the type of music they wanted me to: American pop, aka Katy Perry, Kesha, and the like. I know I sound a little selfish, I don't mean to, but I can sing anywhere...I can't go to the jungle anywhere.
Eeeh, rereading that made me cringe a bit. I promise I am not that selfish, and I really do appreciate it. This is just a big, expensive trip that I want to actually DO things on.
That's something that is going to change this week. We are going to DO things. We have kind of just been chilling, with everyone qualifying it as my vacation so I should just relax. But I don't want to relax. I can relax in Raleigh. I am in ECUADOR (as Mary Cate puts it) and I should have ADVENTURE!
Now, the past two days I haven't been up for much. After La Mesa on Wednesday (a popular salsa club only open one night a week with the strongest drinks in town), I was a little chuchaki and then just sick (thanks, Mother Nature). We went to the Banos though, which were really great. Los Banos are these pools of natural hot spring water that you just kind of lay in. They are extremely calcium rich and really hot (40 degrees Celcius = 104 degrees Fahrenheit) so they make your skin smooth. It is a lot like a spa, but more affordable and less...quiet.
Today, we considered going to the Cajas for a day of hiking, pero llueve y hace frio (but it's raining and cold), so we walked up to El Banco Central to see the inside cultural exhibit while it was still free. (Earlier in the week, Dorothy and I ran and walked around the Inca ruins and gardens.)
Later I think we are going shopping at the open air and hippie markets near Tom's flat. Of course, I have to go with Mona in order to get the native, fair price, since I'm a gringita.
Manyana (Domingo): Gualaceo para ir de compras
La Semana Proxima: Cajas, Incapirca, Museos de arte, y Las Macas!!!
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