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well this will be short and sweet. im now in chone, which is definitely more rural than quito. the only internet access i can find is a little shop in the center of town where you cannot use your own computer... needless to say the keyboards have a different layout and are kinda confusing, plus i cant post any pictures. last saturday the quito group climbed pinchincha, which is a mountain to the east of quito. a gondola takes you part of the way, but the rest is a pretty difficult but rewarding climb. it goes up to over 14000 feet so its pretty difficult to breathe. the clouds rolled in before we got to the top which was a bummer but it was still pretty cool. my first clinic day was pretty interesting. the main doctor i work with does pediatrics, so sam and i did rounds which was pretty fun, and then did some routine check ups in her office. today was great. we had two sugeries that we scrubbed in for. the first was removal of a sinovial cyst and the second was removing some metal rods from a guys leg. the first surgery i got to hold the skin back with some utensil, i don´t know the english name for it. after removing the cyst the surgeon let me finish the suture which was incredible. im glad i had practiced, but i was still nervous and my hands were shaking haha, but i did a good job. im hoping for another shot at it soon. we have surgery again thursday. thats all for now. i´m hoping to find a place with wireless so i can use my laptop`but we´ll see.