Jun 19, 2023 | Riobamba 6-12-2023 |
Hello Glimpser family & friends, Today, we started off as usual with breakfast from our main food provider Isabel (& Nelson)! After breakfast, we had a seminar about Indigenous Worldview to prepare us for our visit to Cacha Pucara Tambo in the afternoon. After...
Jun 18, 2023 | Riobamba 6-12-2023 |
Hey friends and family, hope all is well back in Chicago! After a light breakfast, the Glimpsers headed to the entrance to the Amazon Rainforest to hike the Pailon del Diablo (Devil’s Pailon) waterfall! On our two-hour drive there, it was crazy to see how...
Jun 16, 2023 | Riobamba 6-12-2023 |
We started off at Proyecto Kuri Kinti where Jenni and Santiago explained the way they live and teach in connection with nature. When we were there, we worked alongside them to clean the river by their home. After collecting 6 bags of plastic waste from the river,...
Jun 15, 2023 | Riobamba 6-12-2023 |
This morning, we got up bright and early at 6:30 a.m. Once awake, we headed to Nelson and Isabel for a scrumptious breakfast. Afterward, we rushed to the town of Guano, where we visited the local quinoa cereal business, Cerquie, learned the seven-step process of...
Jun 14, 2023 | Riobamba 6-12-2023 |
Dear Family and Friends, We started off the day with a great breakfast from Isabel and Nelson (our main food providers). After that, we took a 40-minute bus ride to Palacio Real where we met up with Trinidad, a local member of the indigenous community. She then took...