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We spent this last week at our beautiful chozon in Palugo,
resting and preparing for our expedition. However during this
last week we did go on a few adventures. Early in the week,
we visited the factory of an outdoor gear company called “Tatoo.”
The purpose of our visit was to take home strong quick-dry pants
for the upcoming expedition. We cut the patterns out of a role
of material and occasionally helped them out to sew them. However,
most of the time we watched the Tatoo seamstresses efficiently
and precisely sew our pants for us. It was truly amazing to
see them work and to watch them transform the pieces of material
into very professional looking pants. I really enjoyed the experience
of seeing the entire process and seeing the type of factory
where many of my clothes come from.
On our way home, we stopped and bought some delicious ice-cream.
Many of us got traditional fruit and coconut flavours –
it was a real treat!
Another adventure we went on this week was a pilgrimage! We
went on a very well known (in South America) pilgrimage to El
Quinche to see a famous statue of a virgin there. We walked
for just over four hours continuously, starting out at about
1 am. It was a really interesting cultural experience to be
with so many people throughout the night, all walking to the
same place. There were many vendors all along the side of the
road, selling food and drinks. Some people carried stereos with
them as they walked, and there was almost always music from
somewhere.
We were nearing El Quinche as the sun was rising. Once we got
there, we squeezed our way through a huge crowd to be blessed
by holy water and to see the virgin. We soon left the church
square, however, as we were all far more interested in breakfast!
For breakfast, we ate fried bread, filled with cheese, called
Empanadas and a warm colada. There were 10,000 people there
and they filled up the town as they bought and sold food, or
slept on all the available grass. After about an hour of enjoying
the stalls and eating some more delicacies, we began our journey
home. We walked for about an hour in the hot sun, with many
other people, to a nearby town where we crammed into a bus and
returned to Palugo. It was a really interesting experience for
most of us but also exhausting because as soon as we returned
we all crashed and slept in our sleeping bags for a couple hours.
We have been working on a few projects this week. The felting
is soon to be finished, Hannah and I are putting the last touches
on our vests and Eric is making slippers from his felt. Charlie,
Nadino, and Abdala have finished beautiful drums, which make
a really nice sound. We have also been working on a lot of food
processing, such as baking bread, roasting granola, making cheese,
yogurt, and jam. Almost everyday we spend time on the farm,
helping build the cabin, which we will hopefully move into soon,
collecting grass for the cows as well as attending the milking
everyday.
Unfortunately, our group is not entirely healthy and strong
right now. Many of us are suffering from some sickness or infection.
There is stomach sickness as well as foot fungus and an outbreak
of a staph infection. We are working hard to fight our various
ailments and hopefully a trip to some nearby hot springs will
really help to heal us all.
Vamos a aprender los pronombres personales.
Ñukanchik Nosotros We
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Dear parents and Kroka Community…
Coming back from the jungle is never easy-tired bodies that
easily get sick, mosquito bites that want to get infected, stomachs
that don’t understand the daily chicha and bananas…
We had a tough week, one after the other of our family got sick.
Yesterday, after a long battle, we were finally ready to go
and left to Papallacta where students started their last solo
to Antisana. We are greeting them today at the base of that
beautiful mountain that you see on the letter head of every
update. Emil and Marion stayed, we went to the doctor to do
a blood test on both, they were still with some fever and we
wanted to make sure they where Ok. Fortunately, both tests prove
to be good, Emil was with a fever because of a reaction against
antibiotic he has been taking for staph infection, and Marion
has just a regular cold… Soon the community will be together
and ready to climb Cotopaxi. Next update will be down in Palugo
on December 3rd.
Saludos muy especiales…
Michael, Thomas and Marcea
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Marca tus calendarios. Los trienta de Noviembre es el
Dia de los Pinguinos en Ecuador. Toda la gente hace un
gran viaje a las Islas Galapagos nadando para ver los
pinguinos. Cuando llegan, caminan extrañamente
como los pinguinos. Hay un movimiento internacional para
dar respecto a los pinguinos como. Para participar, puedes
caminar como un pinguino ese dia, y hablar solo con sonidos
como un pinguino. LOS PINGUINOS SON DIOS.
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