2 months exactly. I only have 2 months left in Ecuador. Such
mixed emotions. I spoke with a friend this weekend. She has her Dad visiting
her. Someone asked him if he misses his daughter. He talked about how you can
not imagine what it is like to have your daughter so far from home. I made a
choice to leave home and come so far away from my family for this year. As hard
as it was to leave friends and family, I never really thought about it being
hard for my family.
There are so many times which I realise how far I am from
home. For example:
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When I am the only white person on the bus
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When I drink hot chocolate with lumps of cheese
in it
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When I see a mouse in my bedroom (I have been
thinking which is worse… having a mouse running around your room or
cockroaches!?)
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When I have to hide my phone down my top to stop
it being robbed
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When someone asks me if, because I have green
eyes, if everything I see is green
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When the bus is crammed full of people that the
doors can not be closed
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When people slit your bag with a razor blade
they have hidden between their fingers
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When I am offered corn on the cob, yoghurts,
nuts, crisps, coca cola, meat, toasted maize etc on the bus
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When I see a man on a motorbike, with his 2
children and wife (who is doing her hair) on the back of the bike
Life is so different here. I know I am going to miss so many
things of Ecuador. Today I spoke with a friend and some family members. It made
me so excited to see them again.
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