"Please don't get kidnapped" -Brian

This was fun.

Yonseili woke me up at 5:35 to catch 6am ride for $2. I asked for for five more minutes, but she responded with a, "I already gave you five minutes." Damn, I had to get up. We got ready and it was a good thing we had packed up stuff up the night before. I took quick pics and vid of the place and we walked down to the dirt road. We waited for a while and then saw the gray pickup truck that Rosario told us about. The driver's name was Lirio. Sure enough we confirmed it and hopped on. He drove to the community to pick up some stuff and while we drove that way, Yonseili realized she had left her phone under the pillow. We were going to ask the driver to wait by so that she could run up to the cabin and get the cell phone BUT as we were arriving, we saw Rosario there on the side of the road with the cell phone. That lady was a great host and it's great that she got that for us.

As we drove to Garcia Moreno, we picked up people and dropped off people as well. The ride was very enjoyable. One of the people picked up was an older gentleman named German. He was handsome. He had a chicken with him named Vile. He told us the chicken was for fighting. Chen was making jokes that the chicken was our almuerzo. I took a picture of the men with the chicken and they were really happy with the picture when I asked if they wanted to see it. One of them was amazed at how clear the picture was. German wondered if I would remember the name, and I assured him I would. Chen even made up a "song" so that we could remember it... "Vile, Vile, Vile from Junin."

When we arrived to Garcia Moreno, we paid the man $8 and looked for a place to have breakfast. We knew we were going to be there until 1pm so we had a lot of time to kill. We ended up at some place with interesting posters. Yeah.

The town is just made up of a church, a few stores, a few restaurants, and a good view. There is a huge square, like a courtyard, in the middle of everything where there is a volleyball net. I went into a square and borrowed a soccer ball for 50cents. We played volleyball and then later just did soccer passes. The sun was our enemy once again. People in the town just sat outside their homes on the benches and watched us play, but even when we stopped people just sat and chat with each other. We walked around for a bit and returned to the same spot. Then Yonseili and I got a ride from two guys on motorcycles. We paid them $2 for the ride. The guy who gave me a ride was 18 years old and his name was Angel. His motorcycle was a SUKIDA.

Later Chen and I had lunch at one place and Yonseili and Brian at the same place we had breakfast. Chen and I had white rice, chicken and french fries with a coke. It was good and we watched Superman in Spanish because they had DirecTV. When we finished we headed to see Yonseili and Brian and as we arrived they were barely getting their plate, so we waited outside and Chen wanted me to tell him a story. So I made up one... it was kinda funny.

We hung out for a little while and then got on the bus with like ten minutes 'til 1. We bought snacks for the 4-hour ride that was ahead of us.

The ride was sooooo long. It was hot. The freakin' bus didn't have big enough windows. I was miserable for like the first two hours. The ride would probably only be an hour long on a freeway but this bus went through dirt roads and through the mountains. We drove through PLENTY of curves, and at most curves the vehicles always BEEP to alert any oncoming vehicles. It was horrible when I was trying to sleep because the BEEPS always WOKE ME UP.

I was so happy when we finally arrived. We got on a taxi, dropped off Chen at his 'new' location with another uncle, then we went home. When I showered I felt like I was reborn. It truly was a good shower. Since Brian doesn't get dinner on Sundays we decided to have dinner with him. The original plan was to make dinner at his place, but since his kitchen isn't fully equipped we just went out and ended up at an Asian food place. They got sushi I got chicken and vegetables. By that time I wasn't feeling too good. I felt much better, however, when we went to get french fries. I just can't have enough of good french fries. =P.

'twas a long day. fo shizzle.

amen.

Highlight of the day: motorcycle ride. I really do like motorcycles. Before we took off with the dudes, Brian made sure to tell us, "Please don't get kidnapped."