When I was about 10 years old, with my family we went to stay in Otavalo for our vacations, it is a city that I quite like although it always gave me a bit of fear because I saw many people.

The main attraction in Otavalo and the one that I liked the most was "La Plaza de los Ponchos", I liked to go to buy many things that they sell there, such as handicrafts, necklaces, clothing and much more. One of those days, we were walking through the square and I saw some very nice quartz necklaces with gold as well as a sword made with bone which I liked a lot, I was surprised and I liked it a lot, I was about to ask the price to buy it. ... then I realized that my parents were gone, I got on a high stone bench to look for them but I couldn't find them ... it was getting very late and it was starting to get dark, so to be safe, it occurred to me to mix among the other children playing near their parents' kiosks. Some time later I saw my car in the distance and my parents looking for me, I ran to them and finally was safe, that day I was very scared but I knew that I was smarter than I thought and that I can do anything as long as survive

Amber was a young girl whose greatest passion was dancing because when she danced she felt happiness, tranquility and freedom to be herself.

It was a sunny day it seemed as if everything would go well that day, but the girl was very nervous because it would be her first audition for a renowned dance academy where the best dancers in the country attend.

She was running to get there on time, but because of her haste and carelessness she had an accident with a bicycle that was going at full speed and failed to divert the girl when it crossed her path.

 She hurt her ankle, had to go to the hospital where she was told that she could not give her audition as it could cause worse damage to her ankle so she was heartbroken and very sad.

But no matter what, life is full of opportunities, you just have to be persistent to fulfill your dreams like Amber who recovered and worked hard, years later managing to become a professional dancer.

Last Friday, it was 4:48, I was walking home with the boy I like, when I ran into a group of bullies and as I thought, they started to bother me but I just acted like I didn’t care and kept going. Until one from the group, threw me a small stone that hit on my arm. And almost as a typical love story scene, the boy I liked defended me by throwing the stone back in his face. Then we ran away from them and we hide in a kid's game from a Mcdonald’s that was near of us. We spent there the rest of the afternoon.  

In spite of the whole bully scene, it was the most amazing afternoon I had in a long time.  And even if nothing happened between the boy I like and me, I hope it does soon.

My neighbors invited someone to their house, I opened my window to see who it was, and before they entered the house, they smiled at me, but it was the creepiest smile I have ever seen. The night came, and because their room is at the same level of mine, I started to hear a man crying. It was getting really annoying hearing him, but then I heard a gunshot, I was paralyzed, but it became worse when I saw my neighbors dragging his body to their car in the middle of the night, both of them stopped when they saw me peeking out, they told me I was next. The next day crying in fear I called my mom to tell her what happened, but she didn’t believe me and hung up, few seconds after that I heard someone breaking out in my house and running to the stairs, ‘’we don’t like gossipers’’ was the last thing I heard before waking up.   

 I remember that, one night, they show us a place where sell the best hamburgers ever! and it wasn't even expensive.   

Besides this, we visited some places, and surely, one of my favorites was, the Iguana's park, it's a park in the middle of the city where iguanas are free, so they convive with people, and even people give them food, so they're adorable!

We visited to The Malecon 2000, it’s, for me, the best place in the city, because it brings back to me good memories of my childhood.

Finally, the time to come back home arrived, so we said goodbye and gave the thanks for everything. ¡I hope to come back early!