A Little Peace of Ecuador

Welcome poster ft. the largest guanábana I've ever seen This past week I went on a cultural trip to the coast and also had the opportunity to visit some current Peace Corps volunteers in Guayaquil! Overall, it was a great trip and a little glimpse of what life might be like as a volunteer after training. For the first couple days we stayed with host families in a small beach town/fishing village called Anconcito. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling great on the way down. After 11 hours on buses we finally got to something like a town hall where we met the families we would be staying with. As soon as I got out of the bus I threw up in the parking lot (classic!!) and was then introduced to my host mom as the one who was sick. I felt much better the next day and luckily had succeeded in convincing my family that they didn't need to call the doctor to the house!! Even though I thought this seemed a little extreme, they were such kind and caring people and would have done anyt