Recent posts from: GU1A Guaranda 6-14


GU1A RETURN TRIP INFORMATION


Hello Family and Friends of GU1A Glimpsers, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers after these two weeks, so below is the flight information and reminders for when and where to pick them up from the airport. Students will arrive at SFO airport at 10:15...

CAP DAY 3, CAP DAY It Starts With We


The last full day in vibrant Guaranda is at its end. We started the day at 7 AM, anxious to walk to La Estancia so that we could eat delicious breakfast once again. We had joyful mushroom, ham, and cheese omelet; it was scrumdidilyumptious with our coffee. After that,...

Cap Day Two, Cap Day Through


YAY! CAP day two is finally done! This morning our stomachs were filled with yogurt and fruit, followed by scrambled eggs with ham and cheese in a fluffy roll. From there we embarked on a bus to Las Gradas in order to continue our laborious enterprise. The bumpy and...

CAP Day One, CAP Day Done


Whew, CAP (Community Action Project) Day 1, CAP Day done. It was a long, testing day but one that taught us all something. Due to some of the health problems that the glimpsers have acquired over the past few days, wake up time was extended by an hour – something I’m...

Natural Libre


We started our day with a good breakfast and morning walk through the high altitude. We came back to our lovely hostel to prepare for our Community Action Project(CAP). Through this experience the Glimpsers experienced stress on so many levels, but finally concluded...

A Greater Force


Today, we woke up at 5:30 AM to a beautiful morning in Salinas. We set out towards the Cheese Factory to milk some adorable cows on the nearby field while the sun rose right over us. We learned from Giovanni and Mari that cows can produce up to 20-60 liters of milk,...

Sunny Side Up!


Hey sorry we didn’t post yesterday; we had a 5 am wake up call 🙂 We started a beautiful morning in Guaranda (even though it was way too early to be up) then we had to say goodbye to the new way of life in Guaranda to go to Salinas. When we got there, we noticed...