I'm back!!!

Quito was my last stop in South America. I did a bit of sight seeing, but, then on my very last day in there, it turned out Ecuador was playing Brasil in a World Cup Qualifying match! Sight seeing, or joining drunken spectators watching world class football, a sport that I don't care about, but could get into? You guessed correctly.... 4 hours standing to reserve a little space on the stairwell in what the USA would clearly block off as a fire hazard in order to watch 90 minutes of play time, drinking beer and chatting with some locals. A perfect last day.

Bright and early on Monday morning, I set out to return to North America. Here I am, in sunny West Palm Beach, FL back for about two week. There is definitely some reverse culture shock. So... I have created a "best of" list for N and S America.

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT NORTH AMERICA
1. Toilet paper is always available and with such high quality brands
2. Toilet seats on every toilet
3. Not paying to use public bathrooms
4. Plentiful soap dispensers in public bathrooms
5. Trains, planes, and automobiles
6. People who use logic
7. Paying for an item is a 1 step process
8. No matter where I am on the East coast, I'm always at sea level!

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA
1. A liter of beer costs $1 USD
2. Tuk-tuks came all the way over from Asia!
3. Spanish architecture
4. The Andes
5. Semi-cama overnight buses, you go to sleep in one amazing city and wake up in another
6. Being able to use my somewhat conversational spanish
7. Crazy city/town buses with the most interesting characters in them
8. Hot Latin Men

Below are links to the final round of pictures from Peru and the week in Ecuador.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2389088&id=907196&l=881b0857d8

Thank you for reading my blog over the last 14 months. I hope you got a little taste of my experience down here (there.... I forgot, I'm back in the states). I hope to see you all soon if I haven't already.

Muchas gracias, chao, cuidate, nos vemos.....

Lauren