I can´t believe the americas trip is coming to an end soon. On Oct 1st, I fly back to Taiwan to see my family and then to NYC on Oct 25th. Having not been back in 16 years, I am so excited to see my family and the country.
I remember meeting three tourists from Taiwan in Peru and they said that my Mandarin has some sort of accent. I always thought my Chinese pronunciation was spot on. I now don’t speak any languages without an accent 
Quito is another city great for language schools, so instead of traveling fast through the last few days, I decided to take some French classes here – getting ready for trip part II Europe next year. But who knows? It´s still far away; obviously a lot of things can happen between now and then. I could start working in which case no more traveling or green card regulations could change.
Not that traveling fatigue has set in, but not being able to go to Bolivia and Argentina was quite a bummer, to say the least. Regardless, my last week in South America will be filled a lot of salsa dancing, samba and french classes  And that makes me happy.