Lunchtime

Just waiting around, I'm going to lunch with some gringo students, but thats o.k. I still don't know too many people here; I met one Ecuadorian at a party who kind of weirded me out. Yesterday I had a study group for my Andean Antropology class, that was kind of nice, one gringa and one ecuatoriano. Saturday I went walking around the old colonial town again, being a tourist and looking for a well-made charango (a traditional Andean stringed instrument, originally made from an armadillo shell, but now from just wood:

(from http://cipres.cec.uchile.cl/~svelasqu/Chara.htm)
Otherwise, its a good day, classes are easy so far, I just have to spend an incredible amount of time reading (twice over each assignment). I'm looking forward to doing some travelling, and have been asking around to find traveling companions. Soon, I shall have neat pictures to post, the developers are just taking their time.