Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Carrie Kisicki
Hello everyone! We started off our Sunday Fun Day with breakfast at Cafe del Tren before heading off to Pailon del Diablo, a beautiful waterfall a few hours from where we’re staying in Riobamba. On the way there, we had breathtaking views of the mountains and...
Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Francesca Rascati
Greetings from Riobamba! Our focus of today’s activities was on aid and how that can affect the countries who both receive the aid and grant it. We started out our morning with a good debate on whether or not foreign aid should be granted. There were many...
Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Jacob Zeidner
Hello all! As seen by today’s post’s title, we learned about the political background of Ecuador. We had several discussions and listened to four speakers from the Political School in Unach and friends. We also had several hours of free time to relax and...
Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Agne Lukoseviciute and LaNiah Moon
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...
Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Kiwane Brooks
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...
Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Leah Weiss and Sonali Patel
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...
Posted in Riobamba2 - 6/17/2016 by Isaly Ortiz
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...
