To start off, as many know, I've been on vacation from school since the end of December, however, my classmates just graduated in February. I went to my host brothers' graduation, instead of my classmates. It was very different from the one we have. It was only his class, and there was a table of men and woman that I assume were teachers, principle, etc, as well as the "princess?" of the class. I'm not quite sure. And one by one, they were called up to receive their diploma, have their graduation hat (just like we use), shake hands and give a kiss on the cheek to each person sitting at the table, and finally sign that they have graduated. From there, there was a party, and it was kinda sad because a lot of people ended up crying over it.
A few weeks later, the White Party was held. This is where all the girls dress in elegant white dresses and the boys dress in tuxes. You hear people talk about how good you are, then dance the night away. Dancing until 4am is tiring, just for the record. I went to my host brothers as well a week later. We danced until 5am, and had about a million people staying in the house that were family members. Some people even cried there too!
In between the parties, I went with the other exchange student to spend some time with his host family in San Clamente. I had a blast and met a lot of new people, learned how to play cards, walked on the beach, got pink eye, the usual... I went to the doctor and he gave me Visine (pardon my spelling), and an anti-itch pill.
To say the least, it came back... A few days before I went to Galapagos. That's right! I went to another doctor, and was told that I needed an antibiotic, not just something to clean your eyes out. So, I went to Galapagos with glasses, a pink eye, and some antibiotics! It wasn't the best thing of my life, however the trip was amazing! We stayed in two hotels, and the first was perfect! The food was amazing, and we got to leave and walk around at whatever hour so long as the Rotarians knew--that means that it couldn't be at 3 in the morning that we left... During the day, we spent the majority of our time in a boat, where I learned that if I was up top with the driver, or up front where it would totally be illegal to be in the states, I didn't get sea sick! We went to snorkel and have fun twice a day. I saw a sea turtle the first day, as well as a million fish! The other days, I swam with sea lions, sharks, whatever else you could only try to imagine! The water was so clear and beautiful that I even got to ride in a boat with dolphins below me! The second hotel wasn't the best, but it was still okay...ish...For how much we paid, pretty please let me go back to the first hotel! But nonetheless, it was pretty fun! I even learned about Charles Darwin! He made a lot of his discoveries on the islands. The last night, we walked up and down everywhere and celebrated 3 birthdays. It was awesome.
A lot of people have asked me which I liked better: Galapagos or Amazon? I have no idea. I would love to go back to both of the trips and spend more time there. They were both amazing!
Other than that, life has been pretty normal. I live, go spend the afternoon with someone, stay home, sweep my room and make my bed just like every other teen. The other night, we had a sleepover, and stayed up until 3:30 playing cards and trying to find a movie to watch. I was 3rd to fall asleep of the 7 of us.
I should really try to blog more often, because these descriptions are very vague because it's been a little while. Anyway, chao for now!
