Robbed! - Blogabond

The night before last, a place where I and many other interns and volunteers had stashed our belongings, was broken into, ransacked and robbed. I was away in the Búa community only one day when I heard the news, and returned yesterday to assess the damage. Lost my travel guitar, but other valuables were hidden well enough so I was more fortunate than some of the others. Suppose it's just a normal part of traveling in this part of the world, but it seems that every week I hear of another robbery of someone I know.

It's difficult being here and trying to help create a better life when so many don't seem to care about their society and environment, but only their own selfish interests. This seems especially true in the cities, but even in rural comunities I've visited it's a very small percentage of people - and mostly around my stage of life, rather than younger adults or elders - that are actively involved in trying to improve things. Most are just buying into the consumerism and indulgences being pushed on them from the cities. Guess this is not much different than in the US, but I see more crime here. Then again I'm traveling and living in different circles than in the US.

written by

cjones on February 21, 2008 from Quito, Ecuador

from the travel blog: so-journ

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