Greetings, family, friends and fellow internet users! Ecuador is Spanish for equator. Right north of Quito, you find a location marking La mitad del mundo (middle of the world). I was there yesterday (the pic ain't mine, but taken from wikimedia).
I am in Quito, Ecaduor, about to head south towards the Cañar range. Being a journalist is great when you get paid to tell people what you learn, and even greater when you get to explore the world while doing so.
Through my journalist position in Agenda 3:16, the Christian montlhy magazine for which I work, I am shipped off to South America for the ongoing two weeks. I will go around in this exotic land full of contrasts, scenery, warm cultures and cool people with black hair. My Spanish has also somehow been mainted ok. Even if it is fairly plain and simple, I remember more than I thought I would and get by fine. Doing interviews still require a bit of translator-help once in a while.
We landed yesterday, after about 24 hours of journeying and when going to bed last night I had been up close to 48 hours - as sleeping sitting in a plane is not my strongest skill. I still woke up fresh and ready this morning after studying the backside of my eyelids for about 7 hours.
The forecast said rain, but the sun is up. Hopefully this can be applied to my inner self as well.
I do not know how much internet access I will have from here and out, and my mobile phone does not support the required network. But I am alive, well and feel fine.
