I think this might have to be a weekly or bi-weekly entry, because some things that occur here are a just a little bit odd/funny! For example, only in Ecuador...
1) Someone would think that stick-shift buses are a good idea. Huge, two-part buses? In a city with hills and curves like the mountains? At insane speeds? With drivers that i'm pretty sure never took a driving test? The answer to all of these is YES!
2) Buses take curves so fast that you usually end up on two of the wheels for a second or two during the course of a turn
3) A stray dog hops on the bus at one stop, then hops off a few stops later. (and no, I am not the only one who has witnessed such a spectacle. Someone told me a similar story and I couldn't believe it, but sure enough, it happened to me today!)
4) People have a word that could mean "here", or it could mean "there," or it could mean anything in between. Then when giving directions, they use the word, assuming you know, without a doubt, exactly where they are talking about.
5) Do people use the word "ahora" (commonly translated as "now") to mean anywhere from now to 5 hours from now.
6) Your host mom thinks that the sandwich you ate for lunch was what made you throw up. And not because the meat was bad, or because the lettuce/tomatoes were bad. No, it was definitely the bread. But not because it was moldy/rotten. Nope! Because the yeast in the bread fermented in your stomach and made you throw up. :P
I'm sure there will be more to come... but this is all i have for now!!!
Shoot...you must have forgotten to get your Ecuadorian bread yeast immunization!
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