can't think of a better title

good times, that's all i gotta say. more musical experiences this past weekend.

on thursday nite, we had planned to go see a choral music concert at a place equivalent to Queen E or the Orpheum....cept much smaller. yet another long story short, we didn't end up going because show times were printed wrong on the sheet...go figure! don't worry though, this story ends well a little later. we, Faby, Gabby, her boyfriend David, and another friend Ceasar and i wandered around Colonial Quito checking out the sites...i don't think i can get sick of walking around that area. during our wandering, we saw a bunch of gringos (white people) and Ceasar recognized the "tour leader" - the only Ecuadorian in the bunch. so i chatted a bit with them and found out that they were a missions team with some Baptist group from North Carolina. my geography of the US is getting much better as i meet more people from the states, then head to my map of the US to locate where exactly they are from :P that was a fun nite of sharing and talking...laid back with no plan... and i wasn't upset! yay, im learning that it's ok if plans don't always work out :)

friday nite was spent at home - translating songs into spanish! it was really cool...we spent about 45 minutes getting just the right words to fit into the melody of "Hallelujah Your Love is Amazing". then Gabby and Faby sang it, and it sounded really really neat. i told them that we'd have to practice and then record it. i've heard this song translated into Russian, Swahili (last year in Tanzania) and now in Spanish. it was a great nite of jamming and learning more spanish words (and more english words for them!)

saturday nite made up for the "loss" of thursday nite as we made our way to the Teatro Nacional Sucre to watch the concert we missed out on. this time we got there earlier and got tickets, and even got a little dressed up. for $3 USD, i got to see 3 hours of some of the best music i've ever heard. and here's the catch, there were no instruments! it was all acapella. from the sound of a conga, to bass, to trumpet, to electric guitar...bands from Colombia, Venzuela, Cuba and Ecuador serenaded my ears with their very own voice boxes. we got some great seats in the balcony with a good view - and the tickets were general...some guy that looked like the Count from Sesame Street pointed us to sit there, and we were all like, "no waaaaay, soo cool!"

yah, and Sunday i went to La Mitad del Mundo - the middle of world - the equator. a little overrated, it was an ok trip. company was good, but the sites were mediocre. i later found out that the actual equator is another 20 ft away from where the ho hum scene was. well, either way, i've added a pic to show how magnificent it looks...tho really, it wasn't anything that special. i'd make a trip to the Teleferiqo or Colonial Quito anyday.



and here's ME in the NORTHERN hemisphere, and Faby in the SOUTHERN hemisphere...north america, south america...get it? :D his hair is getting longer...he's gonna grow it out. apparently about 3 months before i came, he cut it short like you've seen in the other pics. but before, he had hair as long till his lower back. REALLY long hair that took 8 years to grow!



im out,
dL