Reality Challenge!

Hello Earthlings(jk), Agne and LaNiah here! Today was the Reality Challenge, which is also known as Working Like a Local, and our day started early. We did our regular breakfast routine at Cafe del Tren. It was a bit of a late start but we were served sunny-side up...

FREE DAY!

Today we went to breakfast at Cafe del Tren. We had Masa, an Ecuadorian specialty. After breakfast, we went to the craft shop behind Cafe del Tren and the museum of Cafe del Tren. When we were done with the museum we had free time for about 3 hours. We all went to the...

Education in Ecuador!

Today was quite an exciting day for everyone! The early wakeup of 6 am was rewarded with  Qimbolito- an Ecuadorian breakfast cake which is steamed in banana leaves rather than baked. After breakfast we did an energizer discussing some of our greatest fears and tactics...

It’s all Business in Riobamba!

Today I had the privilege of being El lider del dia, or leader of the day.We started off the day with breakfast at Cafe del Tren. Breakfast was oatmeal, hot chocolate, and bread with jam. After breakfast we then came back to the hostal and went through stations...

Happy Father’s Day from Riobamba

Today was another amazing day.  We enjoyed a typical delicious Ecuadorian breakfast of humitas.  We learned an interesting Ecuadorain way of eating humitas by Jose, our Program Coordinator, by pouring sugar on them.  After breakfast, we took a spectacular bus trip up...