On March 29, (my 21st Birthday!) my parents and I drove from Quito to Tena, a medium-sized town in the Amazon, where I would be living for the next 2 months. My internship in the hospital in Archidona (about 10 km from Tena) started the next day and the day after that my parents departed and we said goodbye until June. Before they left, they got to meet my amazing new host family in Tena, celebrate my birthday and see parts of the jungle in the area. The following weekend after a few exciting and overwhelming days at my internship, I went with my host family (mom, dad, 17-year-old twin brothers and 9-year-old brother) to their extended family's farm near the Río Napo. I met some of their family and explored the farm and then we ate a tasty and local lunch, with all the food coming from the farm!
Ice cream with my parents in Tena on the night of my birthday!
Birthday Banana Split!
One big turkey at the extended family's farm!
Guatusas-large jungle rats that they're trying to domesticate and breed
Chanchito bonito!
Maybe a car...once upon a time?
The house of my host mom's cousin and her family in the countryside near Tena and the Napo River.
Largest grapefruit I've ever seen (tasted amazing too!)
One of my host brothers way up at the top of a water apple tree!
Hospital Stadler Richter in Archidona
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