Hey folks,
Quick update. After an 11 hour bus ride, we have arrived safely in Otovalo. We are about 1 hour north of the capital, Quito. We arrived at about 6:30 and had an hour to kill before breakfast at a friendly hostel called La Valle de Amanecer (Valley of the Dawn). We then took a little walk around a local artisans market, which had plentiful amounts of alpaca goods. It was difficult not to buy everything we got our hands on.
We are meeting a representative from Tandana Foundation at 11 AM for orientation and then we´ll be off to meet our individual host families for the next two weeks. We´ve been told this homestay will be very rural and the most rugged we´ve experienced thus far. We´ll be spending these next two weeks split into two groups in the morning, one at spanish school and the other volunteering with a community health project. In the afternoons the group will be together for various activities.
Although Cuenca will be missed, it is exciting to be in new scenery and be immersed in a different Ecuadorian culture. Hopefully we will have computer access again soon to let you know how our homestays are going.
Much love,
Megan and Austin girl
