Day 8 – Fun Day #1

Hello friends and family! We had an adventurous day today. Today we had a four hour ride to Banos city where we went to Rio Verde, and saw the waterfall. We took a 30 minute hike to the top of the waterfall. We got really wet! We took a lot of pictures of the waterfall (see above). We also got a chance to see a rainbow in the water. Afterwards we ate lunch at Kichua restaurant and did some souvenir shopping.
Our peers learned how much tourism plays a major part in Ecuador’s economy. At some stores we were able to bargain for better prices, because they never knew if they could make another sale that day. The most surprising thing we experienced yesterday was the beautiful waterfall. Although it was a lot of work hiking to and from the waterfall, it was worth it. Along the way we met new people who wanted to help with our new experience. We are proud of all of our peers actually putting in the work to see the waterfall because it was much better up close. Being Lider Del Dia was rough because everyone depends on you and it’s up to you to keep everything in order, which can be quite stressful, but it was a great experience. Today was one of our fun days and it was super fun and adventurous.