todo es mas intenso

something i've been meaning to comment on. peugeot is a kind of car here and there is a dealership on the main street closest to me. on the window is a big image of 2 ladybugs, one on top of the other one, which is belly up, and above it says, 'todo es mas intenso', everything is more intense. this makes as little sense to me today as it did when i first saw it.

i really try not to focus on the negatives but, seriously, mexican food is bad in ecuador. i think many people in the united states, you and me included, take mexican food for granted as a dependable source for a delicious meal, cheap and everywhere.

in otavalo i ate a chicken quesadilla which very much so tasted like tortilla sandwich of chicken in alfredo sauce, it was dripping and everything. negative one point.

i just got back from 'the coyote', a mexican restaurant that really looked like it took traditional decorations from texas, horse shoes and stuff like that. it looked like a western bar. also, i didn't even recognize what most of the food was, so i went with a chicken burrito. it came open-ended on both sides and had lots of lettuce instead of rice. i don't know how to describe it, it was just unlike any burrito i had ever eaten.

while we were driving there, my ecuadad was thinking aloud of what his son would eat there before we had picked him up. he didn't know the word burrito! he said burro, and i had to ask if he meant a burrito. which he did but he had forgotten exactly what it was called.

i have become a homebody, and several nights in a row i have opted for staying in my little room over seeing my friends. i think i see a family trend of antisocialness emerging in me.

abrazos