Hey everyone!

I´ll have to make this quick (as usual) because other people are waiting for the computer. We have really busy days and by the time I get back I´m pretty tired. So like I said before, in the morning we do rotations. On the first day (Wednesday), i watched two surgeries in the morning. They were both rhinoplasties. I´ve gotta say, I´ll never look at a nose the same way again. This morning I was at a rehab center. Our project of fixing up the building is moving along, but slowly. We got all of the walls scrubbed down and one coat of white primer.

Ecuador is a pretty strange place to be because it´s full of contradictions. Everyone is really friendly and nice, but every building is surrounded by barbed wire. The center we visited for children with down´s syndrome had a high wall surrounding it, with broken glass pieces lining the top.
The drivers are very similar to European drivers and do not heed pedestrians at all. It´s quite dangerous to drive around and to cross the street. Also, none of the vehicles we have been in have seatbelts and we find ourselves pilling 10 people in the back of a pickup truck.

We´re all really looking forward to the weekend, because we´re going to be touring around the city. Apparently mothers day is huge in Ecuador and everyone celebrates all weekend. ( by the way, happy mothers day Lolo, T and Karen!).

Anyways, thats enough for now!

Adios!