everyone loves lists right?

LOWEST LOWS

-being lost when youre alone is alot less fun than when you`ve got bros
-being unable to find candy
-isolation: what a bogus concept
-peru, sorry buddy, get some toilet paper or a legit alternative then we`ll talk
-fake ass money
-money with the corner cut off...

HIGHEST HIGHS

-Joan and Washington
-SKATEBOARDING
-candy
-martin chambi
-wafer cookies
-ridin` dirty and jon bon on the free computer at casa suiza
-that chocolate i ate in cuzco
-veganness
-bicicletting
-art??? turns out im pretty into it.
-drawring
-intentional misspellings
-the prospect of great food
-the realisation of great food
-the fenix

TOP THREES

backside:
-smith
-tail
-biggie

frontside:
-slash
-ollie
-blunt

THINGS TO WORK ON

-patience (always)
-moodyness
-discression in matters of the heart
-flip tricks

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS, in order

-bros
-no expectations
-two eating spots
-shred
-bed without mold
-camera

so this only covers a couple days, but ive been snap-happy so theres some meat to it.

last time i was in guayaquil i was convinced it was the worst place on earth. this time its KILLING IT! as a bonus, days are costing less than ten bucks, including hostal.



so i went to joans house to meet up and skate and he`s all "yeah, i have a company..." so im like "cool bro, what do you make?" and he`s all "this is my shape!"


so it turns out he built himself a press... LEGIT!



and he`s a badass screen printer


also, i hot glue`d my shoe, whens the last time you had to do that????








he had a old slap (1995ish) with a south america article that had photos of mic-e and phelps skating in it




and a good photo of Senn


for drex and p-dong




after skating some ledges that some people probably would think were awesome, we went and scoped the cemetery. you weren`t allowed to shoot photos but i snuck a

couple




it started to smell like corpses so we busted out to the fenix




when we stepped out of the fenix, some guy on a bus drops a little holler at joan and throws a big fat gram onto the street. cool.


next spot was this kickass place where you can get juice, fruit salad or grilled cheeze, and that`s IT. it was the most amazing idea. thats all they sell but there were like

twenty people working and a line out the door. solid business plan



remember james hardy?





so i had seen photos of this ledge down an eight stair and joan said he`d was taking me there and i was like "dude, is there anything else to skate there" and hes all "no,

not reallly..." so im getting prepared to have to skate a ledge down eight stairs when this happens, perfect four stair hubba.


the landing was actually a crater, but a manageable one.





tyspace would`ve been bummed if i didnt, so i ground it even though i didn`t want to cause and it was dark


you know that credit card trick in the movies? it works out here!



bought a couple books



so my plan yesterday was to eat sushi since my life was sucking so hard before i got here. but it was closed. so today i decided to go since my life was ruling so hard.

there was no vegetarian section so i had to be extra insistant that i get only cucumber and only avacado. then they served me this and im like "damn, no fuckin RICE???

thats a bit extreme!"


oh wait, there it is!


they roll each piece individually, instead of rolling and slicing.. the tradiditional way is better...





i got lost on the way to joan`s and found a castle


sandra


we went shredding and visited a photographer friend of joan`s


he had an even more ghetto version of my vivitar







his cat was making out with my shoe



"just taking my gun for a walk..."



parque rojo again...




oat drink grows on you



back to the fenix




for andy


we went back to the blue ramp, i asked joan to shoot acouple photos for proof. ollie from low to high


and i promise that this is WAY scarrier than it looks. that lip is begging to get a hold of your truck...


the lot that the ramp is in looks like a scene from road warrior.


ummm.... i dropped my glasses in the toilet today


there was a strike goin down



ate some corn and hot sauce


and some fruits




found another vegetarian place, had a litre of soy milk, this, a popsicle and water for three dollars


the popsicle had candy in the handle



got my knife sharpened at the market!


muy guapo



banana leaves




top reason to do blogs in notepad instead of blogger or myspace, when the interweb fucks up like it just did for me just now, you dont lose anything at all. i rule!




breakfast with the iguanas again



then i went to the art gallery