Recent posts from: Riobamba2 – 7/25/2017


Closing Reflection


Today August 7th, 2017, was our last full day in Riobamba. We started it off by waking up at 8 am to go to breakfast at Cafe Del Tren. After breakfast we returned to the hostel where we had a quick energy booster in which we played two rounds of telephone. We then had...

RB2C Return Blog Information


Hello Family and Friends of RB2C Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for your students to return, so here are some reminders about their flight information: The students will be arriving at JFK at 11 AM on Wednesday 8/9 on Jet Blue 502 into Terminal 5.  Just a...

Fun day #2


Today, August 6th, 2017 our delegation climbed a volcano called Chimborazo. The special thing about this volcano is that it is the closest place to the sun from the center on the earth. At 6:45 am we woke up to go to breakfast at Cafe del Tren. After we ate we took a...

Free Day #2


Today, August 5th, we had our second free day where we had the chance to explore the town of Riobamba, and what it had to offer on our own. We woke up later than we usually do which gave a lot of people time to sleep in from all the hard work we did yesterday. For...

Working and Living Like a Local


Today August 4th, 2017, our delegation worked and lived like locals. At 5:30 AM, we woke up, got dressed, and took a one-hour bus ride to Guamote where we visited the Ayol family. Upon arrival, we immediately were served breakfast. We were given fresh hard boiled...

CAP Day 2 Execution


Today we woke up at 6:45am for breakfast at the usual spot at Cafe Del Tren. After breakfast we headed to Casa De La Mujer for our second CAP Day which was also our last day at Casa De La Mujer. The whole group worked hard as a team to finish up the rooms and clean up...

CAP 1 Execution


Today, we woke up at 6:45 am and surprised one of our peers, Alexia, at 7:10 by singing “Happy Birthday”. For breakfast, we had quimbolitos (a traditional Ecuadorian cake), chirimoya (a local fruit), along with hot chocolate. From there, we headed to Casa De La Mujer...