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 roads are rocky and a lot of the cars usually are speeding. The reason for our field trip up the mountain was to learn more about the indigenous people in Ecuador and hear about their traditions. The site that we visited is called Pucara Tambo, it is also a cultural and tourist site.
In Pucara Tambo, we divided into 2 groups and split off with one of our Global Glimpse Leaders and one of our Program Coordinators. (The program coordinators were really helpful with translating what the tour guides were telling us about their project, traditions, clothing, and about their museum). We learned that indigenous people believe in medicine plants. One of them was named Chamomile [This plant helps with sleep and anxiety]. There was also a female and male Rosemary plants. [The male plant is good for thickness in hair and the female is good for making the pains you feel after a pregnancy go away.]
Some of us were able to get cleansed by one of our tour guides. There were two different cleanses that they demonstrated to us. One of the cleanses had to do with passing an egg around your body in the shape of a cross. Then you crack the egg in a cup and when the white rises up it means that the bad energy is being released from your body. The second cleanse had to do with multiple plants combined. The tour guide hits around your body with them and if there is skin shown, it is likely that you will get a small rash that will go away with water. [Some people in our group was brave enough to partake in this cleanse.]
When we came back from visiting Pucara Tambo, we planned our third lesson for teaching our english classes. [We start teaching on Monday.] After that, we all teamed up to play two games of volleyball and a game of soccer. We were super tired after but we had dance classes! We learned four dances in total and they were all intense and very fast. We all enjoyed it because we were able to show our moves and just have fun!
I am so glad to know that u all are having a great time and learning different cultures. It’s good to see my son Daniel’s smile I miss him.
Hearing the history and trips is very interesting.
Loved the cleanses.
Sounds like a great combo of fun and education.
Wow looks great glad to see ya all doing great… God Bless you all…. Joshua mom loves you… Can’t wait to see you
Happy Birthday Salaiayah.
So proud of you! Hope you are enjoying yourself! Miss you bunches!
Thank you so much for keeping us informed of your activities! Sounds like you guys are having a wonderful time. I miss my baby (ivy) very much!! Can’t wait to read additional posts.
Love you Blaine!!
Can’t wait to hear if you did the egg cleanse or the herb brush???
It sound like it was an amazing day. I hope you are having an amazing experience. Can’t wait to see more pictures. Love you miss you Joel.
Salaiyah,
I am so proud of you! Happy Birthday sweetie! I am really glad you are enjoying your trip. I hope you continue to learn and cherish all the experiences you have while you are there.
Ivy,
I am so glad you got to go on this trip and experience a new culture. I know you are gonna learn and appreciate all your experiences. I can not wait to hear about your trip!
With Celine, she stopped by Hayden. She said I hope you got to play ball and show off the skills. lol
Mr. Luna
Ramiya and Isabel,
I just realized you are also on this trip. I hope you guys are also enjoying your experience with new friends, new country, and culture. Both of you are special people, please don’t be shy to share that with the people you meet!
Can’t wait to read your posts!
Mr. Luna