1 month!! I’ve made it one month, now only 26 to go..We returned to Tumbaco from our tech trip today. This morning we had training and then did a hike. The hike was cool because we got to see and eat many of the foods they grow at the finca. We had Cacao, coco beans, there’s a slimy sweet/tart substance around the bean that you can eat. We also had sugar cane- so good! We even had the opportunity to harvest bananas. I'm pretty sure what happens is the tree puts all its energy into the fruit and dies. They then take bamboo trunk and strike the tree several times until the tree doubles over from the weight of the bananas. Usually bananas are harvested green and then ripen after. There were a couple that had already ripened so we were able to eat them..again, so good!! And literally right off the tree.
After that we drank water right out of a bamboo tree. Bamboo trees are supposed to do an amazing job at filtering and cleaning the rainwater. The water was sooo fresh and quite tasty! After the hike we got our stuff together and headed back. We stopped in Puerto Quito to eat and then take the main bus to Quito. From Quito we took another bus to Tumbaco. That bus driver decided to run a red light and the cops pulled him over! After waiting and waiting we decided to get off and take a different one. This one of course was way more packed. I came home to an empty house, which was good because I had some time to relax.
My family came home for a brief minute and then we went down the street where Sol-host niece, brother’s daughter- had her end of the year celebration. Each class did some sort of dance or skit but all in all it was very poorly organized and somewhat religious, but definitely an experience. Amelia (the younger niece) has warmed up to me and even came to sit on my lap. Tomorrow hopefully Portia and I will go to Quito.
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