Off to the Sierra

As I sit here and sweating like a pig I am happy that I am leaving for Cuenca in an hour. The time has come to officially start my work in AIESEC Ecuador starting with Cuenca (super Cuenca!) I will miss life in Guayaquil, pero, I know that I'll probably be back here a couple of times more.

I just finished packing up my stuff, ripping my suitcase in the process. I have yet to learn to important skill of packing LIGHT. As I through my stuff in my bag I couldn't help cursing my self "fuck Steph, did you really need to bring 4 sweatshirts? NO!" I guess I couldn't help myself. Ahh yes, materialistic Steph is alive and well.

Hey CEEDers, learn from my mistakes, pack as light as possible.
Y familia, su tambien!!

So I had one of the best experiences of my life the other day. I went to my friend's house who does deep sea excavation of sucken ships off the west coast of central/south America. And his house was full of artifacts. Stuff one would only see in museums. My history nerd side came out (thanks dad) and I spent hours just looking and handling ancient coins, figurines, pots, bowls, etc.. It was fucking incredible. Not to sounds weird, but the power, the energy I got from holding so much history in my hands was overwhelming. The only crappy part....of course, I didn't have my camera. La vida. One the bright side, sometimes its better to actually fully enjoy a moment and not only see it through a camera lense.

Until next time,
Steph

P.S. anyone has good/economic ideas for shipping computadoras down to Ecuador let me know ASAP!!! svlipton@gmail.com