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There and Back Again Sunday, September 5, 2010 As previously stated, the group left by bus early Friday morning and headed to El Encanto in San Miguel de los Bancos, a city overlooking the Río Blanco and an expansive cloud forest. We arrived on Friday in time for breakfast and immediately headed down to the river with our ex-marine guide, Fernando. Fernando has ascended to a plane of higher existence, and thusly can leap off of sheer rock faces and dive headfirst into rapids. We swam in the frigid waters (my hands turned purple) and returned to El Encanto for lunch and free time. Before dinner we had some get-to-know-you activities and performed talent shows in our track groups (we in Public Health are Las Hierbas Medicinales: La parte más importante de este desayuno importante).When we awoke Saturday we ate our breakfast, enjoyed some more free time, then sat down for a lecture on the positioning of the equator and Incan knowledge. Since we were so close to the equator, magnetic fields could be observed merely feet apart using metal rods and an egg could be balanced on a nail. After lunch we boarded the bus for Quito. When I returned to the house I met my house brother, Santiago. We watched the Ecuador-Mexico soccer game then drove to La Zona with his girlfriend so that I could better know the city. Tomorrow begins actual classes because apparently our orientation activities didn't count.  The group at CIMAS upon arrival on Tuesday  El Pichincha in the afternoon  Comin' down the mountain  Straight outta Sarasota  Morning fog at El Encanto  Balancing egg on a nail  What.
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About the Adventure Student: Sam Grigsby '11 While abroad in Quito, Ecuador, Sam will interning with a grassroots nonprofit organization dealing with human development. Through this work, he hopes to identify areas of further study and possible career paths. Sam also intends to greatly improve his fluency and conversation skills in Spanish while staying with a host family and working in his internship. Blog Archives
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