Ecuador Day 3-4

So it's the 2nd day that we had been in Ecuador Today it was alot more hot then the other days and its not raining. We got up and got ready to go. I hate checking out of hotel rooms because you have to make sure that you have everything that you came with. Sometimes I feel like I forget things. The van with our driver was waiting outside. We rented the van driver or whatever you want to call him for the hole day. I think that we paid like $120-130 or somthing like that.

We were off after we got everyone into the van. It was a while intel we got to Rogelios house. That was going to be later that we would be getting there. We stoped on the way and on the side of the road they sell fruit. We bought some drinks that was a watermelon drink. Antonio loved it. I bought tuns of diffrent kinds of mangos. Marcelo bought a star fruit it was always his favorite. Jonathan oh yeah I forgot to tell you Jonathan came to the hotel in the morning to meet us there. He go's to school in the city so he desided he couldent wait to meet us and came there after half of school was done. I knew him already because we talk on the computer to eachother.
Super nice. He was alot taller then I thought I felt short agian. lol. I also forgot to tell you when we went to the mall they had those things that kids ride that you pay like .50 cents or .25 cents well they were high speed ones I felt like the kids where going to fly out of them they needed a seat belt at that speed. So anyways back to the fruit Jonathan and I bought a coconut they cut off the tops and put a straw in it to drink it. It was not good to me I rather eat a coconut then drink it, but Rogelio and Antonio drank it so they really liked it.

When we were driving more we saw tuns of diffrent foods growing and passed dole bannahas and other dole products I never knew they made some dole things in Ecuador. We also passed papayas growing. I never knew they were so big. We finally got to La Troncal the city out side Rogelios city. We were going to stay in a hotel there since it was the hotel by his house that wouldent be to far away. The hotel that we were going to rent said that they had a party going on the 2nd to the last day or something like that. That we would be there and it would be loud. So we thought ok lets look for a diffrent hotel. We went looking and found one it was super nice but the roff was leeking and its raining season so yeah um no thank you. lol. So anyways after a while we just ended up going back to the first hotel we were going to stay at and we stayed there. It was $20.00 for Rogelio,Antonio,Miguel and I in one room and it was $25.00 for my parents room because they had hot water in there room.

We put all of our things in the room and checked in and checked out the hotel. They had a water park with water slides and everything and a pool super nice but we never used it because we were doing other things. Then they had a party room upstairs a restorant in the frunt. The food was super good. We ate there almost everynight. The people at the restorant spoke english so it was nice for my parents and me too. So after geting settaled we drove to Rogelio's town.
We first went to his place he lives with Marcelo,Carmen and Danyella. The house is big very big. We went to the 2nd floor( by the way the stairs have no railings and its outside the house.) and that was scarry for me because there was nothing to hold on to.Then I tryed to make it to the 3rd floor I did but it was the getting down that was scarry! Omg! I thought about getting ropes and bunje down the house. I was shaking thankfully Rogelio helped me. Trust me it dose not sound that bad but it is. Lets just say I will never agian go to 3rd floor in the house inless he encloses the stairs.

We could have stayed at Rogelios place but there is no more beds and we wanted to all stay together so there for the reason for the hotel. We then went to walk around we went and meet his brother Monwell yea i know i spelt it wrong. We saw him at work for a secound I have spoke to him over the years on the phone too. He is super nice. We went to Monwells other work and saw Mary my friend Walters sister and she is also Monwells wife. Monwell and Mary have 3 kids Jonathan,Fabian, and kerly. There place is a restorant,pool,scoccer,and much more. Its super nice there. We meet so many people Rogelio has a very large family. I can't remember all of there names. We went to Rennes house and his place has a pond in the back and horses. Oh yeah pigs and other animals. There was just sooo much to see everywere. Hard to remember everything and everyone that we saw. Rene was super nice and his wife was too. They have alot of kids. Pablo who hung out with us alot, then there was loreni,monica ( who I really like and shes such a sweet lil girl) and then there was carina whos married to luis they have a daughter together who is emily. I think that was her name. Carina and luis seem very young but I think that they are almost my age. Everyone was very nice.

After that we went and saw were the web cam is the place I think is called Cyber. It's pritty cool. It is a computer lab. You can buy ice cream and soda and snacks there too. I meet a few of Walter my friends family there since they own Cyber. We walked around and saw diffrent things and talked. It was so fun. It was starting to get late so we desided to call it a night and went back into La troncal and paid the driver and he took off. It was late so we had to find somewere to eat. Thankfully the restorant was open at the hotel. So we ate there. Super good food. Once I find out the name of the place I will tell you. The people there are super nice too. The man spoke to me about when he visited america where he learned his english and how things where. The women talked about many things with me. They were just really nice and eazy to talk to. we spent alot of our nights hanging out eating or waiting for our food so we could bring it back to our room. I liked them and I would love to stay there agian. After we ate we went to our rooms Rogelio once agian stayed up talking amongs other things.lol. The next day we were going to go to Rogelios town agian.

When we woke up I heard something! I was like what is that. I looked at the door and did not see anything so I got up and got closer to where the sound was...OMG theres like a small getko in our room! I screamed for Rogelio to get up and he got him out. He told me they are everywere all the time and they wont hurt us. I was still freaked out what if It would have jumped on me when I was asleep? scarry!

The best feeling is waking up to your husband in the morning! I love that feeling knowing that we were together no matter where we were. I was with him and so happy. The things that alot of people take to be not that important are. Always remember he or she the person you love might not be there one day. Spend your time with them get to know them love them be a good wife or husband.

Waking up and taking a shower with Rogelio well the kids slept was the best. Even though the water was cold it was fine. Rogelio when he was in America took cold showers I always thought it was odd but he was used to it. I still like my hot showers! I had to scrub my shoes since they were full of dirt from walking everywhere I wish that I would have brought more then one pair of tennis shoes next time I will know better.

We desided to go shopping so we met My parents in there room and we were off. We went all over town and saw so many diffrent things.

Ecuador Day 1-2

Ok So I know that I have not written in this blog in a long time. Sorry sometimes I get lost in my own world. So We went to EcuadorYay!! I was so happy there I think mostly Because I was with Rogelio at last. It was a few days shy of being are year mark apart!! It seems like its been more then a year and a half apart right now it feels like 3 years i hate being away from him.

Ecuador was so fun. The first day that we were there we stayed in town Rogelio,Marcelo,Carmen and Danyella met us at the airport. Marcelo is Rogelios brother and Carmen is his wife. Danyella is there daughter. They had the bus to the hotel already there and waiting. When I came out of those doors that lead to all the people waiting for other people that come off flights I was over whelmed with how many people there was waiting for there family memebers and friends. There must have been over a thousand! I did not see Rogelio at first but Miguel sure did he yelled papi! I saw marcelo and he walked right over to me. Rogelio was right next to him then and I almost started crying. Rogelio gave me a big hug and kiss and you could just see how happy we were to be together. Miguel layed his head down on Rogelio and seemed like he relaxed like he had never relaxed before. Antonio gave papi and huge hug and was super happy!

We walked out of the airport into our bus that was going to take us to our hotel. The first thing I noticed is WOW the air is so diffrent here. It really felt like we were in a diffrent country.We got everything in the bus and headed to the hotel. It was night time so we could not see much around us as we were driving it was also raining a bit. We got to the hotel and got inside. WOW there was a casino right there. In the hotel. I was amazed. After checking in the hotel we went up to the rooms the big thing was how to use the elevator. They need a instrustion book for that thing. The keys we have only go to the floor you stay on. Also they dont always work. Sometimes you have to close the door before you put your key in sometimes you have to have it open then do it. Very diffrent. When we finally got to our room it was super nice. This hotel was like a american hotel.

I started unpacking some of our things that we had I wanted to separate gifts from my things in my bags since they were all over. I bought shoes for marcelo since he wanted some cool shoes. When they came back to our room I gave them to Marcelo he was in love with them. I knew what he liked so that was good. I guess you learn a thing or two from being best friends with someone for a long time:) We hung out intel both of our babys were getting crabby and then we went down stairs to see if we could get something to drink. We went to the bar and got some sodas they were $3.00 for each one! Its because this is a upscale hotel we stayed in and pernight was over $ 150.00 thats alot for Ecuadorians. So the soda name was fanta! Yes we have Fanta here but this was diffrent I hated it. Rogelio and them liked it so it was all theres. I don't know how to decribe it but it was not good. After sodas we went up to our rooms to sleep. I was tired but up.

Rogelio and I stayed up and talked almost all night. It was like old times. I was so happy to see him and so were the boys. Rogelio was so happy to see us too! I love him so much and I couldent belive that we were finally together after all the time apart. We looked out the window together even though it was foggy it was still beautiful. Rogelio and I spent all night talking and thinking about what we were going to do in the morning. We were staying two nights out there then heading to Rogelios town two hours away.

The next morning We all got up and got ready. I took a shower and gave the kids a bath. I noticed they have a clothes line in the shower! I was like wow this is crazy! The water that we showerd with was so odd also. It was not the same as ours I did not like it. Even though I showerd it still felt like I was dirty in a way. We brushed our teeth with botteled water. I knew not to put the water in my mouth. Rogelio the kids and I went to my parents room and checked theres out it was nice and it had a view of the mall out side there window. Tony Roma's it said on the side of the mall. Wow I heard of that before. It's in America. We all desided to meet down stairs and go to the mall.

Rogelio, Antonio,Miguel,Mom,Dad,Marcelo,Carmen Danyella and I all went walking to the mall. There was a walk way that went on top of the freeway to the mall.

When we entered the mall it had fast food places all around. Kfc and Burger King was the two American Restorants. Don't let the names fool you it tasted nothing like kfc or burger king.

There was a man at the door with a gun he was there to protect the people in the mall.

We ate at a few diffrent places inside the food was pritty cheap.We walked around the mall and looked in some stores. Alot of the stores had things in them that were cheap in america and they were maked expensive there. Or they had off brand things and they were alot of money.

We saw a childrens store so we went in and bought some toys for the boys and For Danyella ( marcelo's Daughter)

After we left the mall we went back to the hotel. The way back there was a littal girl sitting on the path way asking if we wanted to buy some candy. We asked how much and she said .05 I was like wow thats cheap she had like 25 pcs so I took one candy and Antonio and Miguel took another and then we gave her 1.50 and she was so happy but then she tryed to give us back the money we told her no its ok. She ran to her mom and gave her the money all happy.

When we got back to the hotel a Van was waiting for us. We were going to see around the city. We drove for a while. Wow do cars drive diffrent from america. They are all over the roads people come up to your car and try to sell things and walk every were. People drive so crazy there. It's hard to explain how it was.

We got to the park and say the equinas ( yeah I can't spell) they were so cool up close and we could touch them and everything. I never seen them that big in my life! And they love bannnnnhaaaaaas!

After we got done there we went to this other place where it goes on for miles on the river you just walk and they have tuns of things to look at or eat and its just really cool. The rain was comming so we did get rained on a bit but it was nice since it was so hot out. We ate at this place that the food was ok it was hot dogs and frys We wanted to try it. lol We went in the bathroom and we had to pay for toilet paper! It was crazy .10 cents I think it was. We took a pic but i dont know where i put it. After we got back in the van we went to the hotel to dry off and get ready for the night time.

After we were ready I asked my parents if they could watch our boys well Rogelio,Marcelo and I went down to the casino. So they did we went there for less then a hour and lost $20.00 yeah the casino is about the same as in America but they still use change not tickets how we do here now for almost all of our casinos. It was really small but it was nice. I gave Marcelo I think $ 5.00 and he won like over $30.00 so he was so happy. Rogelio and I lost. we Went back up to the room and desided to get room service. We ordered food and let me tell you it was the best food!!!! It was so good. It was grilled meat with rice beans ( I did not eat the beans Rogelio ate mine) marinated shrimp and corn ( hard) it was my fav meal! Its sooooo good!. After we ate Marcelo needed meds so he walked to the pharmacy and got some. He took a long time so I called to the frount desk and asked where it was they said it was closed but if we need meds that they can open and have it to us in 45 mins I was like wow talk about full service! Great hotel we stayed at! I was very pleased!!I would give them 5 stars!! We stayed up that night too and talked and whatever lol:) The next day we were going to Rogelios city to see where he stays and meet our other family.