Quito
So, I get offered a job from Southern Cross, the company that we did our CELTA with and so we head up to Quito after a day in Guayaquil. We go up with mixed feelings about working again. It’s been a good while since we have worked and we don’t really want to stop travelling but I want to improve my Spanish and it will be great to have our own kitchen and bathroom again! Also we want to put what we’ve learned into practice before we forget everything! Kevin comes up with us as he’s also decided to stay in Ecuador. From the rest of the group Jessie and Justin go to Guayaquil as they have friends there, Tim heads to Columbia and the others head to their respective homes.
Work turns out be quite good and Pablo and Kevin quickly get jobs too. Unfortunately Pablo and I are both working long hours so we have limited time together.
We find a huge apartment that we share with 3 people that we met in Montanita, an Ecuadorian girl Myra, a Spanish (Basque) girl, Amaia and a Swedish girl, Sabina. We also live with Sabinas wee puppy Bob who is super cute although not fully toilet trained!
The apartment is huge and amazingly cheap so we’re very lucky to have found it. The girls are lovely and the best thing is that we all speak spanish together which is exactly what I need to imrpove my spanish. I also have classes once a week, would be better to have more but as usual money is the problem.
We try to spend our free time well and today we went to a football match. I didn’t watch too much of the game to be honest and just took in the atmosphere, there were drums and chanting and banter. Was a great day and I ended by finally updating the blog which i will now endevour to do more frequently!
NB- more photos to follow!
