So....went to Guayaquil this past weekend, and even though it's supposedly the "most dangerous city in Ecuador" we had no problems and a lot of fun. The one downside was the 8 hour bus ride required to get there...but it went all right. Highlights were eating dinner on a pirate ship, checking out some museums, and going on a bus tour around the city. In other news, I finally got a package (the first mail I've gotten here) from a family friend, mostly containing Halloween-themed chocolate. Halloween was fun...I borrowed Cassie's farm boots (you know...the knee-high rubber kind) and went as puss in boots. A bunch of people climbed Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world (fortunately not erupting at the time) this past weekend, although not all of them made it to the top due to altitude sickness and such.
Oh...random other news...one of my suitemates, Elise, went home on friday. Apparently she'd been struggling a lot with being away from home, so she left at the end of first term. Sad stuff. First term exams went pretty well...when I get back the paintings I did for Christ and Culture I'll try to take pics and post them, because they're sweet. I have to go now...otherwise I'll be late to spanish. Oh, and most of the pictures are pretty self-explanatory except the first one, which is Dan and Caroline dressed as Peter Pan and Tinkerbell for Halloween. Enjoy all this!

(p.s. Kylie...dangly earrings would be sweet. I'll probably end up buying myslelf a bunch here, because they're everywhere)