Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Sandhya Iyer
Hola from Riobamba! Today, we glimpsers were presented with an unique challenge- we had to spend the day living like a local, using no more than a single dollar. From the moment ‘Lights Out’ was called the night before, we did not have access to...
Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Madelyn & Milena
Although we had an early wake up of 5:30, our day was enjoyably exhausting. We hopped on the bus an hour later than we had planned, which is a big delay for us since we are on a tight schedule every day. But having Juanito, our amazing bus driver, come an hour later...
Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Arjun
(No internet yesterday! Sorry for the delay!) Ironically, many students in America don’t think too deeply about their education. They take for granted the benefits of their schooling, and don’t pause to wonder whether their educational obstacles exist outside of their...
Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Abbie Meyer
Today Global Glimpsers learned about the positive and negative effects of large industries and small industries in the global economy. As a mental warm-up, we explored the effects of the Texaco oil industry in Ecuador. We found both its positive and negative effects....
Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Christian Martinez
As of today we end our seventh night here in Ecuador. As the leader of the day, I was a bit nervous because I wasn’t sure how to start it off. Thanks to my fellow peers, it worked out great. We had an important speaker today to come in and talk to us about how...
Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Marcus Weiss
From the crack of dawn until the last gleam of sunlight, Working Like a Local Day was a day full of happiness, cooperation, and bonding. The day began at 5:30 in the morning, when all of us stumbled groggily out of bed to the tour bus, which brought us to the quaint...
Posted in Riobamba - 6/08/2015 by Helena
I was told today that when we travel, time moves both incredibly quickly and incredibly slowly at once. We have just finished our fifth full day in Ecuador, but even though our activities fly by each day, each of us feels as though we’ve been here...
