A tradition that we have at El Refugio is that when people head for home they get one last wish. Over the years this has taken the form of one intern zip lining in the dark and another seeing how long he could ride a bull. Howard's and mine was to take our whole staff to Mindo, (the cloud forrest) for the day. On the Friday that Danielle was visiting, we all piled in a rented van and off we went. We truly had such a great time, with everyone game to try anything. At one point, I think the absurdity of Howie driving the van with me in front and a van full of Ecuadorians hit us, (normally it is the reverse). Such a fun, fun day. Howard, Danielle and I were talking, hands down it was probably one of the best days we spent in Ecuador. Here are just a few photos from that wonderful day....
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| Everyone in the van heading to Mindo for the day. |
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| First stop, the cable car ride with the ladies first... |
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| ...then the men. |
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| Exploring the different waterfalls... |
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| Howie, Holger, Aurelio, Pedro and Enrique |
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| Danielita, Nathaly and Diana |
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| Group shot by the waterfall... |
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| ...and on the bridge :) |
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| Aurelio and a new style of earrings |
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| We made photo books of the last seven years and gave them to everyone at lunch. |
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| Danielita gave the girls their own bibles with their names on them. |
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| Pedro taming a butterfly. |
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| Visiting the chocolate factory (who knew they had one in Mindo!) |
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| Sampling all kinds of good chocolate and also some not so good :) |
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The whole group at the butterfly farm.
Holger, Enrique, Diana, Pedro, Nathaly, Anita, Howie, Danielita, Piedad, Aurelio, Angelica and myself. |
1 comment:
This brings such joy to my heart! Look at you guys being the tour guides for the locals. I love it!! What a celebration of your seven wonderful years in Ecuador. Thanks for sharing these photos and thoughts.
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