Live, from the middle of nowhere!

far away....

I really love technology. I can't make this up: I'm blogging from the Ecuadorian rainforest, about 3 kilometers from the peruvian border. No. For reals. I just got to take a helicopter ride (just, apparently, because!) and we zipped around the green tree tops and found our way to a gigantic waterfall. You know, it's neat, you see it coming up, and then all of the sudden you're fifty foot away and simply floating in midair looking at. No moving, just floating. I've never been on a helicopter before, and i'm pretty sure that it may be the best invention ever. Just floatin out there like superman.

much closer!

So, suffice to say, the trip out this morning across the country has gone alright, and i've settled into my quarters for the next five days, and will begin the labor of my reason of being here tomorrow morning. (luckily, the camp did a lot of the prep work (and correctly!) for me, so it will make my life a little easier)

I think it's safe to say that i'm a lucky bum, but its still quite odd and lonely to be in a foreign country (without your sweetie) (or anyone else for that matter) and not know the language. Not only do i feel like a gigantic tool for coming here and not really being able to communicate outside of headnods and monosyllabic expressions (thank Ms. Sames for that, two years of high school spanish woo!) it also alienates me incredibly. I had breakfast today with a number of the employees for the client, and basically sat in silence while ten people had a 40 minute conversation entirely in spanish. what fun.

But, at least they gave me my own tent and burned some chopper fuel on me. I won't complain too much more. (check out more pics at the flickr set here, and i'll try and keep updating as the days go bye..)