Hannie visits ECUADORRRR

So the most exciting news for this month besides the 5000 condoms (in the blog after this) was the lovely visit from my BFA Hannah Bazur-Leidy!  She arrived on tuesday evening (Oct.9).  Chino and I had quite the adventure getting to the airport, but we made it in time and were able to recibirla a tiempo! We traveled back to Ambato the same night and spend wedesday and thursday in Ambato.  Wednesday we went to the parque de la familia, which is this park located practically on top of one of the mountains near Ambato. In the afternoon we enjoyed Cevichochos and bought fruit from my fruit lady.

Thursday she went with me to our girls group that Sharon, I and another Ecuadorian started with some 11-12 year old girls.  Hannah was put to work, being a leader of one of the groups, and did AMAZING! Thursday afternoon we went to get pedicures, which pretty much turned into a nightmare for poor hannie...here what they do is cut out the dead skin that grows inbetween your nail and your toe, and hannah apparently had a lot of these because her two big toes, bled and then became infected.  It ended up being quite a painful but hilarious experience, i didn´t laugh at her, i laughed with her..  Not to worry though, I had my handy dandy Med Kit from peace corps that saved the day!

 Friday we headed to Quilatoa, sadly it was very very cloudy and the laguna could not be seen.  But we had a fantastic time taking pictures by the Ecuadorian Grand Canyon, hannah in flip flops and all because of her poor swollen toes!  We passed through Latacunga to eat Chugchucaras and watch the soccer game, Ecuador vs. Chile (They won, YAY)

Saturday we went to Sharon´s to do some planning for the next week of the girls group and then the three of us went to Chino´s basketball game, the guys won, and Sharon and Hannah had a great time bonding over their love for Loyola (Sharon did her masters there the same time Hannah was doing her Undergrad..what a small world!)

Sunday early morning we left for the Beach!  We were at the beach through tuesday afternoon and were able to soak up some sun....not enough but it did come out for a bit.  But we did have the opportunity to sit in swings and have a drink in a grass hut type thing.  Tuesday evening we were back in quito and wednesday walked around to see some churches and the presidents palace.

Thursday was the sad day that we said goodbye...it was so amazing having her here.  I think she did quite well seeing as she couldn´t eat any gluten, being a celiac and all..but did just fine with all the variety of corn and banana products that we have here!  It was such a joy to spend time with her!!! Love you han :)