CAP DAY 3, CAP DAY It Starts With We

The last full day in vibrant Guaranda is at its end. We started the day at 7 AM, anxious to walk to La Estancia so that we could eat delicious breakfast once again. We had joyful mushroom, ham, and cheese omelet; it was scrumdidilyumptious with our coffee. After that,...

Cap Day Two, Cap Day Through

YAY! CAP day two is finally done! This morning our stomachs were filled with yogurt and fruit, followed by scrambled eggs with ham and cheese in a fluffy roll. From there we embarked on a bus to Las Gradas in order to continue our laborious enterprise. The bumpy and...

CAP Day One, CAP Day Done

Whew, CAP (Community Action Project) Day 1, CAP Day done. It was a long, testing day but one that taught us all something. Due to some of the health problems that the glimpsers have acquired over the past few days, wake up time was extended by an hour – something I’m...

Natural Libre

We started our day with a good breakfast and morning walk through the high altitude. We came back to our lovely hostel to prepare for our Community Action Project(CAP). Through this experience the Glimpsers experienced stress on so many levels, but finally concluded...

A Greater Force

Today, we woke up at 5:30 AM to a beautiful morning in Salinas. We set out towards the Cheese Factory to milk some adorable cows on the nearby field while the sun rose right over us. We learned from Giovanni and Mari that cows can produce up to 20-60 liters of milk,...