life @ 13
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
the bad -- going up anyway
it happens much more frequently here in ecuador than it did in colombia...as soon as someone notices that i'm white -- which may in fact come a split second before they notice that i exist -- they say something in english to me like "hello howareyou" or "heymister" or sometimes just "you!", but on the bus in guayaquil a couple days ago i asked someone if he know what street we just crossed and before he finished his question (whereyoufrom?) i already knew where he was from -- his new york accent was that thick. even better, he was from somewhere that i had heard OF (hell's kitchen back when it was hell's kitchen) but haven't met anyone who grew up around there. unfortunately our conversation was short as i had to get off, as i left he apoligized, in a way, by saying his english is much better when he is high.
anyway spent another couple days in guayaquil, still not feeling well. for whatever reason, my body wants to sleep all day when it's hot and be up all night when it's relatively cool. besides that the usual stuff...nothing to keep me off the bike (80ish k today to La Troncal) but shitty enough to take most of the fun out of things. this will not stop me, however, from heading into the mountains tomorrow...i have no idea how many k i will cover, but there may very well be more than 2500 m of climbing. i'm as curious as anyone.
it happens much more frequently here in ecuador than it did in colombia...as soon as someone notices that i'm white -- which may in fact come a split second before they notice that i exist -- they say something in english to me like "hello howareyou" or "heymister" or sometimes just "you!", but on the bus in guayaquil a couple days ago i asked someone if he know what street we just crossed and before he finished his question (whereyoufrom?) i already knew where he was from -- his new york accent was that thick. even better, he was from somewhere that i had heard OF (hell's kitchen back when it was hell's kitchen) but haven't met anyone who grew up around there. unfortunately our conversation was short as i had to get off, as i left he apoligized, in a way, by saying his english is much better when he is high.
anyway spent another couple days in guayaquil, still not feeling well. for whatever reason, my body wants to sleep all day when it's hot and be up all night when it's relatively cool. besides that the usual stuff...nothing to keep me off the bike (80ish k today to La Troncal) but shitty enough to take most of the fun out of things. this will not stop me, however, from heading into the mountains tomorrow...i have no idea how many k i will cover, but there may very well be more than 2500 m of climbing. i'm as curious as anyone.
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