I met Adam in Montañita through Becca. His parents and Becca´s parents have known each other a long time, so when it turned out they were traveling around the same country it only made sense that they met up. Therefore I assumed Adam as one of my friends before I even met him, and he had no choice from there. We have been traveling together on and off since Montañita. One by one all of our new friends have been flying back to their respective countries. Aliye left at 4 am this morning, leaving just Adam and I for one last week in Ecuador.
Adam started off on the right foot by pretending to think I was hilarious. I love it when people think I am hilarious, so we were instant friends. I am not sure he realized how long we would be traveling together, but he has kept up the facade and I appreciate him laughing at my weird and not in the least bit funny jokes. Another advantage to traveling with him is that he cooks. I love to bake, am an excellent chopper, but for some reason cooking is not my strongest skill. So maybe he cooks out of necessity, but I appreciate the left overs.
For the last two months I have been trying my best to get secrets out of Adam. He is a very secretive guy and it has become a good source of entertainment for me. Unfortunately most of the time I just end up telling Adam all of my secrets and have not dug up that much dirt on him. But here are a few fun facts that could not stay secrets for long.
Despite being a home schooled child (do not be quick to judge) he seems to have assimilated into normal society quite well. I would not have guessed he was home schooled except that he does not know what middle school or junior high is.
Another curious thing about Adam is that he is not quite as comfortable with other people driving as I am. In trucks and buses I often notice the fear flashing across his face. My approach to the rides is rather nonchalant, similar to the bus drivers´ in fact. Like the bus drivers, I too believe that I do not really have control over the situation, and hope for the best. I have been trying to train Adam so that he can enjoy the bus rides for the thrilling and exciting rides that they are, and I think he is slowly coming around.
That is pretty much all I have found out. Meanwhile Adam knows every time I have ever peed my pants or had loud and public farts along with other secrets I never meant to tell him.
So there is a briefing on one of my traveling buddies of the last two months, now for the update his friends and family have been waiting for. Adam is feeling much better, although still a bit low energy and low appetite. He is eating three solid meals a day and last night even stayed out late dancing at the Manu Chao concert in Quito. No official diagnosis on what he had, but we are no longer suspecting Malaria. I am making him drink a lot of liquids and dragging him around to see crater lakes and volcanoes. I will definitely keep this blog updated, so if he falls asleep for another two days and cannot send out emails I will try to let people know via