A Glimpse of Local Living

Today marked the last full day for RB1B in Ecuador and we spent it by immersing ourselves into the Cacha community. It was a humbling opportunity to experience how these local people completed their daily lives. We were able to to eat breakfast with them, which...

DAY OF MOUNTAIN: CHIMBORAZO

Hello families, As we close in to our final day, we close in to our final frontier: Chimborazo. Today, everyone woke especially early at 6:00. Some of us woke up even earlier, anxious for the big day. We went to Roma Santa at 7:00 for a hearty breakfast, courtesy of...

Free Day 2: Extradorable

Today was the second free day of the trip! We were super excited to go out by ourselves (no GGL leaders) in groups of four and explore the wonderful city of Riobamba. We started the day off at 8:30 (latest start of the trip), which everybody was extremely grateful...

CAP DAY (Happy Birthday Nestor!)

We started the day by waking up at 8:00 am and heading to Roma Santa for a breakfast of chicken, pork, and beef tamales, yogurt, granola, and fruit. Since we finished the CAP project a day early, we had a change of plans and explored Ricpamba, a beautiful park full of...

CAP Day 2!!!!

Today was the second and last day of our CAP project at the institution of Carlos Garbay. We started this wonderfully exciting day with one of Mama Isabella’s delicious meals. This one consisted of chocolate milk, almond milk, home made fluffy bead, cut up...