weekend in Tena

My host family went to Quito for the weekend...leaving me at the house to work in peace on my essays and spend time with Allie in Tena. It is always hot here and humid most of the time, except right after the heavy rains. I love walking though town...i live on the main street, so when i leave the house there is always something to see. directly next door is a shop that sells touristy items...jewlery and plates etc...then there is the hair / nail place where allie and i got $3 peticures, which were kind of painful. next door to that is a meat shop with all sorts of interesting pieces hanging on hooks and often cow heads, so i hurry past that shop to the amazing bakery with fresh bread smells...so it keeps going like that with all types of shops right next to one another and we always seem to run into someone from the hospital...so now we are finishing at our favorite internet cafe and off to run at the airport that is used as a public track. lots of love from the amazon. xoxoxoxoxox