Recent posts from: Riobamba1 – 8/03/2017


Free Day: Into Freeing Yourself


Hello my name is Danny and I was the leader for today. The day before I saw it said that I was going to be a leader of a free day, which automatically made me think it was going to be a  boring day because I wasn’t going to be able to interact and experience...

Politics Day


We are aware and apologize for the lack of pictures throughout the past few days. There have been technical difficulties but we can ensure that all students are safe. Quentin: Hello, my name is Quentin Hillaire and I’m going to tell you about my experience being...

Fun Day #1: Banos & Waterfall


6:00 o’clock this morning the alarm on the watch around my wrist started beeping. I open my eyes looking up at the ceiling. Today was to be our first fun day. As I get out of bed, worries start form in my head. We were going to climb Devil’s staircase,...

Free Day #1


Being the Leader of the Day was something I was worried about. It wasn’t the people around me, or the new environment. It was from an irrational fear of doing something stupid in front of a lot of people. I have to stress on the word irrational, because I know...

Education Day


Wow! Today was full of surprises and was actually fun, and as a group we grew closer. Let me start from the beginning; breakfast was delicious. We had tamales, and eggs accompanied with hot chocolate, and pineapple juice.  after that we prepared to go to Miguel Angel...

Living & Working Like a Local


Today was a very interesting day for those working and living as a local. To start off the day we all woke up at 5 AM. To get into the emersion of being like a local, we were not allowed to shower with hot water and sent with the mindset of living the same life they...

Day 2: Indigenous Worldview and Culture


We woke up at 7 in the morning, had breakfast, and started our day off with a mental warmup. The mental warmup was about the place we were visiting today (Cacha, Chimborazo). We traveled about 20 minutes up the Chimborazo Mountain. It was a scary experience since the...