exiting the cave
felipe doing who knows what..being felipe
arent we a special group? (im in the back)
I went back to tena this weekend to have an interview with ecobona(the organization I will be interning with. Over half of the cimas kids ended up going (15 of us). Most of us had interviews or meetings with our families. Everything went really well. I am afraid I might not have sufficient education in environmental science for my internship. Well see…i´ll do want I can.
Our first night only 8 of us were there. We arrived at 1 am and got a hostel right outside of the bus station. Next day we switched hostels to be closer to the river. It is freakin hot as hell in tena so we spent a good amount of time swimming in the river napo. There was a rope to swing in on, but only felipe and david used it. I was happy just jumping of the side the island.
At night, once all of us had arrived, we drank a bit and went to a karaoke bar. We ended up being the only ones there beside like 5 other ecuatorians. It was a lot of fun sang some good old classics.
Our last day we went to the caves. This was the best part of the trip. We got a couple flash lights and tour guide who was awesome and way excited about his job. These caves are not touristy like in the US. No lights, not stairs, no one holding your hand…ok the guide had to do that once in awhile. But it was still awesome. We got to swim through some parts, squeeze through others, and climb around, over and under till we reached the other end. The exit was beautiful. We climbed up some rocks into the lush green forest in the middle of a rainstorm. The walk back was an adventure in itself. The rain made the hillside muddy and slippery. Almost everyone had a wipe out at some point.
After we split into groups of 4 and hitched back to quito. My group got to go most of the way in a comfortable SUV, with an awesome couple that bought us manjar. we hadn’t eaten all day and feasted on a two litter jug of yogurt and a block of cheese. I got hope and crashed immediately after dinner.
Our first night only 8 of us were there. We arrived at 1 am and got a hostel right outside of the bus station. Next day we switched hostels to be closer to the river. It is freakin hot as hell in tena so we spent a good amount of time swimming in the river napo. There was a rope to swing in on, but only felipe and david used it. I was happy just jumping of the side the island.
At night, once all of us had arrived, we drank a bit and went to a karaoke bar. We ended up being the only ones there beside like 5 other ecuatorians. It was a lot of fun sang some good old classics.
Our last day we went to the caves. This was the best part of the trip. We got a couple flash lights and tour guide who was awesome and way excited about his job. These caves are not touristy like in the US. No lights, not stairs, no one holding your hand…ok the guide had to do that once in awhile. But it was still awesome. We got to swim through some parts, squeeze through others, and climb around, over and under till we reached the other end. The exit was beautiful. We climbed up some rocks into the lush green forest in the middle of a rainstorm. The walk back was an adventure in itself. The rain made the hillside muddy and slippery. Almost everyone had a wipe out at some point.
After we split into groups of 4 and hitched back to quito. My group got to go most of the way in a comfortable SUV, with an awesome couple that bought us manjar. we hadn’t eaten all day and feasted on a two litter jug of yogurt and a block of cheese. I got hope and crashed immediately after dinner.
1 comment:
Sounds like fun my dear. It's starting to get cold here- too, too cold. I'm jealous of your caving and swimming!
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