Hello! Sorry about not posting for a while! I have actually been out of town since Tuesday at a language camp with a whole bunch of other exchange students. The whole idea of ‘language camp’ is to learn more Spanish, but I don’t think many people did. The best part about the week was just getting to meet the other exchange students. We stayed at this resort/farm sort of thing, which was weird, but kind of cool. The worst part about it was that the running water was TOTALLY unpredictable, which is really bad when the water just happens to stop when you have shampoo in your hair and really need to rinse it out. But anyway, it was fun, and I actually have some friends now, which is a change for the better. :)
Spanish camp was great and all, but the most exciting part was definitely the ride home. The trip was about 3 hours total. In the first two and a half hours, we were pulled over TWICE for some unknown reason. THEN, when we were about 5 minutes from home, a van cut off the bus and our bus driver slammed on the brakes and we skidded off of the road! Roads here aren’t exactly in great shape, so we skidded off of the raised part that is the road and into the dirt and piles of bricks that was next to the road. When it was happening, I didn’t even comprehend what was actually happening- I was just sort of watching everything happen around me. The scariest part was the split second after we fell off the side of the road when I wasn’t sure if we were going to keep on moving towards the ground or not. Anyway, everyone on the bus was safe- the van that actually caused the accident just kept on driving. We all got off of the bus and freaked out a bit, and then were rushed back on the bus because someone told us that we had to go before the police arrived, and apparently that’s what you do in Ecuador. :) They ended up finding us anyway, but after we had arrived anyway, so we were able to leave with our host parents.
Tomorrow I will begin my first full week of school, so we’ll see how that goes…
I love you all!
Love, Kirsty
Spanish camp was great and all, but the most exciting part was definitely the ride home. The trip was about 3 hours total. In the first two and a half hours, we were pulled over TWICE for some unknown reason. THEN, when we were about 5 minutes from home, a van cut off the bus and our bus driver slammed on the brakes and we skidded off of the road! Roads here aren’t exactly in great shape, so we skidded off of the raised part that is the road and into the dirt and piles of bricks that was next to the road. When it was happening, I didn’t even comprehend what was actually happening- I was just sort of watching everything happen around me. The scariest part was the split second after we fell off the side of the road when I wasn’t sure if we were going to keep on moving towards the ground or not. Anyway, everyone on the bus was safe- the van that actually caused the accident just kept on driving. We all got off of the bus and freaked out a bit, and then were rushed back on the bus because someone told us that we had to go before the police arrived, and apparently that’s what you do in Ecuador. :) They ended up finding us anyway, but after we had arrived anyway, so we were able to leave with our host parents.
Tomorrow I will begin my first full week of school, so we’ll see how that goes…
I love you all!
Love, Kirsty
Hi Kirsty, first of all, I'm glad you are ok, and also finally you met some new friends that you can relate with.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any picture with your school uniform that you can share with us?
Everyone around here is doing well, Alex is moving back to Ellensburg back to University in a couple of days. He is moving to a house with 4 roomate, and Adriana is working away, keeping busy.
Well kiddo I have to tell you again how much I'm enjoying reading your blog.
Take care,
love,
Tia Mireya