LEARN ENGLISH naturally with this VLOG #5 (Comprehensible Input)

Okay, so we were driving but we got rerouted. So now we're on a side road.

rerouted. So now we're on a side road.

This is not the main road, but a side road. We were rerouted to go around cuz

road. We were rerouted to go around cuz there was an accident. There was a car accident. So we had to go in a different

accident. So we had to go in a different path than normal. So these are the wind wind

normal. So these are the wind wind turbines that I was talking about. the

one they spin in a circle because the wind hits them. Okay, so we stopped now and you could see it's very windy up here. Like my

here. Like my hair, it's very windy because we're at the top of the mountain. Put the wind turbines up high on the mountain where it's windy to make power, to make

electricity, and that's why they're here. You could see down here is the

here. You could see down here is the city. It's the city. And this is all a

city. It's the city. And this is all a valley. You could call this all a

valley. You could call this all a valley. The city is in the valley. You

valley. The city is in the valley. You

have mountains in the background, the sky and clouds. And here it's a sharp drop. It's

clouds. And here it's a sharp drop. It's

a sharp cliff. You can see this is a two lane road. One lane here and one lane

lane road. One lane here and one lane that we were in. This thing in the middle is called a median. This is a bus. And this is a dump truck. And this

bus. And this is a dump truck. And this

is a roundabout because you go all the way around a roundabout. So you could say you enter

roundabout. So you could say you enter the roundabout, you go around it, then you exit it. These are street lights with solar panels to power it.

And this is someone walking on the shoulder of the road. The shoulder.

These are nozzles that you fill up with.

So yeah, this is a gas station pump.

And we just filled up. We just filled up at the gas station. It's 1:15 p.m. and we've been

station. It's 1:15 p.m. and we've been driving the whole day and we haven't eaten anything yet. So, we're going to go have lunch. Okay. So, we are in the city now. We just parked the vehicle.

city now. We just parked the vehicle.

So, this is just this is a parking lot.

So, now we're going to go eat lunch.

We've been driving since since 8:00 a.m.

That's like we've been driving 6 hours.

So, we're pretty hungry. So, we're going to get some food now. So, this where he's walking is the sidewalk. So, you

could say he's walking happening right now. In the past, he walked and in the

now. In the past, he walked and in the future he will walk. But yeah, this is this is the road. This is the sidewalk you call it. This is where people walk

and it's today is really sunny, but this is where we're eating. Kung fu

walk. This is rice noodles. So, I'm

going to be getting combo number two.

Number two, the combo. It comes with two sides. So this

combo. It comes with two sides. So this

where you pay is called the cash register. So

register. So this this is you could call it soda pop soft drink. I just call it pop. And you

soft drink. I just call it pop. And you

have a cup. So now I'm opening it. I opened it. And now I'm going to

it. I opened it. And now I'm going to pour a cup of pop. So I will pour future. I poured past and I'm pouring

future. I poured past and I'm pouring present. It's

present. It's fire. Okay, this

fire. Okay, this is noodles, Mongolian beef, and orange chicken. Okay, the orange

chicken. Okay, the orange chicken. All

chicken. All right, so we just ate. It was pretty good. I think I ate too much. Now I'm

good. I think I ate too much. Now I'm

like really, really full. Expensive.

$9 for a pat thai for you. $12. $9 for a normal. That's a little bit expensive.

normal. That's a little bit expensive.

I've been to Thailand in a pat thai. No,

two three US. Now we have to go buy uh I need to buy a bus ticket cuz I want to take a bus to a different city. So I

need to buy a bus ticket. But now we're at the car again. So this is the car door. Right now it's locked. You see now

door. Right now it's locked. You see now it's unlocked. Pretty good meal. It cost

it's unlocked. Pretty good meal. It cost

$12 for both of us, but that was with a big drink and it was it was a lot of food. Like, are you ready? Yeah.

food. Like, are you ready? Yeah.

Okay, so now we are at the bus station.

You see all these buses here? This is

the bus station. And here's all like food courts. You can buy food here. So,

food courts. You can buy food here. So,

you just buy food here when you're waiting for the bus and stuff like that.

But I don't need food. I just need to buy my ticket.

Okay, so I just bought my bus ticket.

It's just like a piece of paper, like a receipt that says you bought the ticket.

And I'm going tomorrow 7 and 1/2 hour bus ride. So it's probably going to be

bus ride. So it's probably going to be like 8 8 and 1/2 to 9 hours on the bus cuz on a in a car it's 7 and 1/2 hours, but the bus will take longer cuz the bus

is slow and it stops a lot. So yeah. But

now we're going to the Airbnb. So let's

see it. We just got to the apartment.

The Airbnb we're staying at. I'm going

to take off my backpack. My slick bag. I'm going to

backpack. My slick bag. I'm going to take it off. And now, let me show you the view. This is where we're staying

the view. This is where we're staying tonight. You can see there, that's the

tonight. You can see there, that's the cathedral. So, we're going to go visit

cathedral. So, we're going to go visit that right now. This is a bed. This

beside here is called a nightstand. This

is a desk. We have the television on the wall, sofas. Okay. So, we just had our

wall, sofas. Okay. So, we just had our break. We just rested for a little bit,

break. We just rested for a little bit, but now we're ready to go to the huge cathedral. So now I'm walking out of the

cathedral. So now I'm walking out of the doorway. This is door handle. This is a

doorway. This is door handle. This is a deadbolt lock. This is a lock, too, but

deadbolt lock. This is a lock, too, but this is a dead bolt because it comes out right here. Okay, so this right now I'm

right here. Okay, so this right now I'm in a a hallway. That's the parking lot.

That's a school bus hallway. These are all

bus hallway. These are all rooms. And this is the elevator.

Press the elevator. It opens up. We're

in the elevator. This is where you select the level you want to go on.

Level 1, 2, 3. Opens it. This closes it.

We're just walking on the sidewalk right now. You have cars parked all along the

now. You have cars parked all along the side. And it's really hot. Like the sun

side. And it's really hot. Like the sun is very bright, so it's a hot day today.

It's like a little store ice cream. Oh,

yeah. This is This is where you do laundry. A laundry mat. Those are

laundry. A laundry mat. Those are

washing machines and drying machines.

These cars are turning. These cars are going straight right now. We cannot walk cuz the cars are passing us. Pigeons.

And it's a pretty pretty dirty animal.

Like you don't want to pet or touch pigeons cuz they're dirty. So this is juice guanabana. Guanaba is like this

juice guanabana. Guanaba is like this fruit.

What do you think? Try it. It's thick.

Drink it. Is it good? Okay, let me try some. It's super thick. It's like

some. It's super thick. It's like

chunks. It's like It's like the juice.

It's good.

Is a good fruit, but right now we're in a plaza. You call this a plaza cuz

a plaza. You call this a plaza cuz there's lots of people and it's just open open area. Okay. So, this is the market and this is like Oh, dried

fish. You have

fish. You have eggs. You could like eat you could eat

eggs. You could like eat you could eat all around here.

market with fresh fruit. This is like

fruit. This is like desserts. Those are all like desserts

desserts. Those are all like desserts you could buy for it's like religious desserts. So

this is the main like plaza and that's the church. So let's go there across.

the church. So let's go there across.

Okay. This is the main park, the main square in Quanka. This is where like everyone comes to like sit down and relax.

This is a a fountain. Then everyone just like sits down on the side and relaxes.

This guy sells ice cream. Here you can see like some

cream. Here you can see like some flowers in the shape of Ecuador's flag.

Flowers. And this is a statue. I don't

know who the statue is of, but it's a statue. And these trees are really tall.

statue. And these trees are really tall.

Oh, yeah. This is this is the cathedral.

It's like very famous, very popular.

Like a huge huge cathedral.

Oh Spider-Man.

This is the cathedral from the side. It's It's the biggest cathedral in

side. It's It's the biggest cathedral in this city. It's huge. It has two towers.

this city. It's huge. It has two towers.

One, two. Okay, so we just saw the cathedral

two. Okay, so we just saw the cathedral and now we're going to go somewhere else. This whole area we're in is the

else. This whole area we're in is the historic center and it's just really popular and it's pretty safe area. This

city is very safe. See this is graffiti.

It's called graffiti. All this too is graffiti. But these buildings are very

graffiti. But these buildings are very very old and nice. These are like older buildings. So they're from like one or

buildings. So they're from like one or 200 years ago and they have graffiti on the side of them which is not really nice but they still look good.

So this when a wall like this is painted, it is called a mural. So this

is a mural. But here this is the river. The

mural. But here this is the river. The

river that goes through Quanka. There's

three rivers and this is one of them.

We'll walk down there to get a closer view, but you can see it. So right now we're just standing here enjoying the sun. It has been raining a lot lately,

sun. It has been raining a lot lately, so the sun, it's nice to have sun. So,

we're just outside getting some fresh air and walking. See, this this is a bridge, but many many years ago, there's a big flood that came through because there was a lot of rain from the

mountains and it came down and it washed the bridge away. So, it washed the bridge away completely. So, there used to be the bridge that goes all the way across, but now you'll see here it's cut

off short because that other half got taken out. So, yeah, you can see here

taken out. So, yeah, you can see here the bridge ends right here and it used to go across, but the river took it away. But that's the

river. Okay, this is the river, but you

river. Okay, this is the river, but you cannot swim in here. The river is too shallow. Too shallow. There's not enough

shallow. Too shallow. There's not enough water to be able to swim in there. Okay,

so these are dogs. Hey, buddy.

dogs. Hey, buddy.

dogs. So that lady there, she is walking dogs. When you have dogs with you, it's

dogs. When you have dogs with you, it's called walking dogs. And she was walking three dogs. Okay. This is the river you

three dogs. Okay. This is the river you and the river is flowing. And this is under the bridge. This is a bridge. And

this is under the bridge. This is like an arch. The shape is an arch. Stairs,

an arch. The shape is an arch. Stairs,

people climbing up. So this is the river. Right now I'm standing on the

river. Right now I'm standing on the bridge.

You can see and the water is flowing underneath me. You have the river bank

underneath me. You have the river bank on the side, trees on the side as well, but you have people sitting beside the tree. They're sitting at the trunk of

tree. They're sitting at the trunk of the tree. I honestly am not even sure what

tree. I honestly am not even sure what this is. It's like sprinkles, dough, and

this is. It's like sprinkles, dough, and icing. Like a donut, but it's hard. It

icing. Like a donut, but it's hard. It

looks hard. Kind of just tastes like what it

hard. Kind of just tastes like what it looks like. This is very, very sweet,

looks like. This is very, very sweet, crunchy bread. But it's not bad. You

crunchy bread. But it's not bad. You

want to try it? Take a bite.

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Okay, so I got the dori locos. That's

what they call it. Now, let's just find somewhere to sit down to eat it. Okay,

let's try it. There's like Doritos in here. meat, cheese, tomatoes. It's like

here. meat, cheese, tomatoes. It's like

pretty spicy. I put a lot of chili in it. And oh yeah,

it. And oh yeah, this is called a spork. It's a half fork, half a spoon. So, you call it a spork, but it's not too bad. The chips

are kind of soggy. I left it too long.

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