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This is my first attempt to share this blog with the people I meet during the Erasmus… so please, be kind with all the mistakes of the translation!
Hi again Pacos and Pacas!
After two weeks in Ecuador, it is time to update the blog with a post from an old collaborator. It is not an easy task to post taking into account the level Barrulas is giving to the blog…. anyway, I’ll do my best. First of all, congrats to barru for his trip and thank you for sharing it with us!
To put into situation to the newcomers, this year I am with Anxo andAdriana in Ecuador, following a project about providing internet to 2 rural schools and a university based on radio links. The people here are so kind and friendly that laughs and peace are driving our trip… so nothing to complain!
I arrived to Guayaquil on the June 27th, without luggage and with a very hot weather, ad business to Lucho (Henry’s brother) and his family, since they had to cope with my personal smell of 3 days sweating… After some days, Anxo and Adri arrived, and we all went to Guaranda, base camp of the project. Here you have some pics of the town.
The firsts days were really “de tranquis” (= very calm), like always in south America, so we went to our apartment, went shopping, and working at the university a bit. During the first week we have been configuring the antennas, ruters, and all the “mandanga” (=stuff )…. But at night, Pato, Vladi, Cristofer and co. have taken us to drink ecuatorian beer and “Pájaro azul”…. With whom you get a pinful “chuchaki” (=hangover) the day after. We are lucky that our new friends are expertise in this field, so they know what to eat the hangover day to feel better… a nice “encebollado” or “hornado de chimbo” is the solution. To sum up… we feel like at home!
But as you can imagine, cooperation is a hard task, so not everything is partying, eating and laughing… we have to work hard as well, climbing to the hills, take a look to the antennas (enjoying the incredible landscape…). The university has led us a nice “carro” (=car) to to the fieldwork, a very nice pick-up to go all around!Here you have some pics of the landscape from the hills… we are so high (about 3000 m.) that even the pigs are breathless!
Anyway, there is nothing difficult for us, so here you have the prove that we finally arrived to the summit!
I hope I will not last too much to write again, although translating this is quite hard for my brain… too much time without using the language of Shakespeare! hehehe.
PS: The one hairless next to the guy and the girls in the summit its me... so don't be too much surprised with my new haircut!







Foram dias de descanso, nos quais aprendimos a cozinhar pratos tipicos da gastronomia baiana, como a muqueca, que é um guiso de peixe com verduras e leite de coco, passeiamos pela aldeia, conversamos com os artesanos que lá vendem os seus trabalhos, dormimos a siesta e convivemos com os moradores de lá. 




