Ecuador here I am

After 16 hours of travelling I finally arrived in Bogota (Colombia) where some AIESECers picked me up. In a kind of funky bus we travelled to Melgar, the place where AXLDS 06 was taking place.

Getting to know the Ecuadorian Delegation was just the best to me. They welcomed me warmly and hearty and integrated me in their team immediately.

On the picture we see (from the left): me (MCVP PD 06/07), Piret (MCVP CD 05/06), Chiripa (MCVP Learning & Project 06/07), Jaime (LCP), Franchesca (MCP 06/07), Oriana (SSGN Director), Christina (MCVP PD 05/06) and Diana (LCVP X). They are all great individuals and I'm sure the MC 06/07 is going to be a strong team that is able to have an impact on AIESEC Ecuador!!

The conference itself was really intense and a lot of knowledge and useful information has been passed. Overall we had a lot of fun as well and some of the sessions took place in the pool, which helped dealing with the hot weather. Of course we followed the AIESEC motto of working hard, playing hard ;-)

I must committ, that this conference has challenged my worldview as nothing else ever before. The culture and how they deal with differnt issues was a first and great experience that I'm glad of having gathered. I did learn a lot and figured, that this was the best possible preparation of my upcoming term towards which I'm so much looking forward to.

The way back to Bogota took us 9 hours instead of the 3 that it normally takes. That was due to the fact, that our bus sort of broke apart and the driver unsuccessfully tried to fix it. No probs, such things happen here ;-) Taking it form the perspective that I have an adventur to tell now... ;-)
On the Study Tours we got to see Bogota which is such an impressive city!! With its 7 mio. citizens as big as the whole population of Switzerland!!

Yesterday I caught my flight to Ecuador...
So here I am now!! It's amazing being here!! I'm really really excited about it. Guayaquil seems to be a great spot to live. The people are incredible, so friendly and open hearted that I feel very well about being here.
For sure I'm going to face a lot of different challenges but that's what I'm here for. It's all about the experience... and I'm closing with a nice quote which's soure I don't know:

"I saw many problems, I asked why somebody didn't do anything about them. Then I realized, I WAS SOMEBODY."

Catch u later guys
stay tuned for more...
giovanni