If you don't get the title, you haven't heard the song, and should therefore consider yourself blessed.
I've met a lot of really interesting people traveling around Ecuador. It's really incredible to see how similar we all are--we love adventure, travel, hammocks, coffee, sweatpants, the unexpected, and small tastes of home.
So many people I have met are about 10 years out of college, have realized that their job has started to consume their lives and that they've lost all their passion and adventure, so they decided to quit, leave their old life behind, and spend 6 months to a year traveling the world. How cool is that? How brave is that?! Most of them started in Argentina, then headed to Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and will end in Colombia. Others are a little more scatter-brained. Last weekend I met a guy who traveled all around Southeast Asia, then headed to India, South Africa, and is now exploring South America. So through meeting all these people at various hostels, on group trips, and random bus rides, I've gotten to hear about their adventures through South America and also about where they're from. And basically, my list of places I want to go has grown exponentially!
Something we have come to discover about European travelers: they are beast at languages. Sure, we're trying to learn Spanish--our second language. And so are they, only it's their fifth language. Casual.
Last weekend we stayed in a room with four German travelers who spoke fluent German (obviously), Spanish, and English (if not more languages). It wasn't fair...they could understand us no matter what language we spoke in, but they could talk to each other in German and we had no idea what was going on. So, Anneke and I decided it was only fair to speak with reeeeaaaaal southern accents!! That way we could understand each other, but they had no chance of understanding us! It was hilarious, and it leveled the playing field. Take that! In all honesty, we spoke to them in Spanish most of the time and we all got along great...but we had a blast with ours southern drawls an' redneck talk. Yeehaw.
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