Hey everyone. For today’s amazing expedition, we traveled to Club Ecológico Los Shyris, and on our arrival, we met fellow high-school students from ECUADOR! Our wonderful guest speakers told us many stories about the land of Riobamba and the ways their organization works to conserve nature within their community. We worked together in teams to bring new life into the dying ecosystem by planting new baby trees #slay. After this, we had gotten to socialize more with the new group of students even with the language barrier that faced us. (Much love to our bilingual Global Glimpsers as well as the persistence of our Spanish-only speakers reaching out to us to make connections). Some of the students even got to be a part of a sponsorship video for one of our fellow organizations that helped us with our activity. Look out for the Twitter and Instagram (we do not know it yet so stay tuned 🙂 ) We said our final goodbyes and headed to lunch with our AMAZING cook Isabel (W Eats).
After Lunch, some of the students wanted to get some yummy snacks from the nearby convenient store. We had a lot of free time in our schedule, so some decided to take a look around the city nearby while others wound down at the hotel. We got some amazing pictures of Chimborazo, some cute dogs, and a group photo by the Riobamba sign! When it was almost time for dinner we headed straight back to the hotel to gather our belongings, and headed for Isabels. For dinner, we had some fried fish, french fries (which everyone loved; they were delicious), and some yummy salad with a nice beverage of Jamaica (which was also W eats). Once we were full, we headed back to the hotel to start our nightly meeting. We reflected on our day and about the differences in the ecological and educational state between the U.S. and Ecuador. At the end of the meeting, we passed the torch to tomorrow’s LLDs. So stay tuned for Karla and Ruth for tomorrow’s post.
Signing off
The coolest LLDs,
Kay Kay and Angelina #slay
It is truly wonderful to hear about your days and all the ways you all are making a difference! What a positive imprint you are leaving behind. I love seeing the smiling faces. Zoe, I had lunch with Angela & Vicky today. They send you love and hugs, and they wanted me to tell you that they think you are awesome. I already knew that 😉 😄. Miss & love you more than you know! 🤗💚 Mom
That sounds like a lot of FUN. Keep smiling Jordan 😁 I can’t wait to see what you guys do next. Love and miss you a TON. Hearing your voice today filled my heart 🫶🏽 -Love Dad, Mom and Bros’s.
That’s sounds like a whole lot of Ws! Can’t wait for the social media posts and the lessons that y’all can bring back to the US about our responsibility to the environment; the moment has never been more urgent for our world. Shout out to all the GG leaders. Thank you for your leadership!
We miss you, Sibo, and are super proud of you! Sachelle and I are headed home today to pick up Isani and start the week of work (womp, womp, womp)…Love you. Dad
It’s nice seeing these daily updates and searching for you in the photo’s standing tall as you break new ground for this family. So proud of you Zoe! Love you lots.
Dad
Tyler, c’était bien de te parler sur WA … souviens-toi d’enregistrer un saut-arrière avant que tu quittes Riobamba 🙂
Our awesome world ambassadors! So great to see all of their smiles. Keep the photos coming please. We all miss you, Erin!
Aaliyah,
It’s so nice to see you in the most recent picture because it looks like you are enjoying Ecuador. I think it’s really cool to see other students your age and hearing and seeing their experiences in another country. I am sure that you are very alike/different in many ways. Those are experiences you should hold on to and cherish because they will help you mold your future. Your mom and dad miss you very much and we hope you enjoy the rest of your stay.
p.s. I see you reppin that Raider Nation!! Love you mija!!
These stories are great! Thank you for sharing the details of your engaging days. I am so glad to see you Siboney! Oh, that sweet smile of yours…I am finally able to read all the blogs in full as Jorhan and I have settled in Portland, Oregon. We are so excited for you and the whole familia sends you loads of love. Sigue pa’lante con presencia y con ganas, .
Con amor profundo,
Mamá
Hey Ang, I can’t wait to see you! i hope you’re having fun!! i love you.