Friday, February 6, 2015

(Friday)
We packed our bags in preparation for the trip home, and then went to Casa de Fe. Today we went on an outing with a group of the preschool age children. Each of our team was paired with one child to watch over during the outing. We walked from Casa de Fe down the hill to the river park to wait for the bus to pick us up. It rained!
We rode to a public swimming pool.  We had a quick traditional snack with some singing. Those children who wanted to swim then went into the pool for swimming!  It was a great day. It was very hard to say goodbye.
We had lunch at Esmeraldita's, and then we loaded the bus.  Our driver's name is Byron, who drove the group from Casa de Fe last year.  Mark, his wife Cynthia, and their son, Mark Daniel, joined us on the ride to Banos. It was a sunny day, and the views were very pretty.
We arrived at Banos 2:45 pm.  We spent the afternoon walking the streets to look at the many tourist shops. Banos is nestled in the mountains and is a beautiful town.
We had a "taste of Ecuador" supper, served family style, which was very good. We were served trout, quinoa with vegetables, fried plantains, potato cakes with cheese served with peanut sauce, and salad.












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