Getting to travel to Ecuador for Spring Break was an amazing opportunity, especially to get to actually do something instead of the typical standing around taking pictures and not knowing how to help I’m used to. We were a group of 19 NCSU students and 1 staff member sent to Santo Domingo, Ecuador for a week with Habitat for Humanity. Monday-Friday was spent building houses (more on that next post).
We had Saturday and Sunday to do some non-manual labor things such as:
Stand on the equator
Stay in some surprisingly nice places.
Go dancing two nights.
Get to go to one of those beautiful high elevation spots you always see in pictures from foreign countries.
Get to ride in a cable car up to the top of a volcano. Unfortunately once we got there it was too cloudy to take pictures but the ride itself was worth it.
One of my favorite things: Long rides in vehicles when I get a chance to take pictures. I was lucky enough (and everyone was nice enough) so that I ended up with front seat for most of the rides. I was in heaven during the 3 hour van ride through the Andes mountains from Quito to Santo Domingo.
Also, Congratulations Dad! … on getting a pretty prestigious honor at UNCA for having some excellent creative ideas. And also on the purchase of a new 2008 Toyota Prius.
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