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If you'd like to surprise me with some snail mail, here goes it:

Jenna Hilty

Entre Rios: Plazoleta 11 Nùmero 57 y Ave. 5ta
Via a Samborondòn

Guayaquil

Ecuador-South America (593)

 

 

I love letters! :)

 

xoxo,

Jenna

I have a passion for hiking.

I had never really been hiking before I came to Ecuador, and here, I've developed a love for it.

On the last day of our 1st week here, we traveled thru the city of Riobamba on the way to meet our host families. Just outside the city, there is the Chimborazo National Park.

It has the tallest mountain in Ecuador, Mt. Chimborazo. It isn't the tallest mountain in the world, but it is the farthest from the center of the earth, because it sits directly on the equator. We hiked it!

At the bottom:

Hitting snow:

At the top: (about 4,500 meters up... aka 14,000 feet up!)

Doing a lib on top of the mountain for my cheerleaders!:

The 2nd hike was a few weeks into my trip, but we were on our way to visit the city of Cuenca, and we went hiking in Cajas National Park:

Charlie and Autumn, my best friends in Ecuador:



How can one not love this calming, tranquil workout? It's amazing! I can't wait to hike in the States!

xoxo,
jenna

One of my Seven Wonders of the World

Cuicocha Crater Lake is the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

the ecological reserve:

 

It is a volcano that erupted and fell inside itself, to create this lake. The volcano still has gas emissions coming from it, which is why you can see these bubbles when you get near the island:

This made me really think... What a wonderful Maker we have. God has created the most beautiful earth!

xoxo,
Jenna

I really wanted to do this.

...and I'm haven't been. Therefore, I'm going to catch everyone up. Slowly, but surely.. on my life in Ecuador!

I posted about day 1, but we traveled around the country in one week.. So I'll start here from days 2 & 3:

We visited the Equator, the middle of the earth, "Mitad del Mundo"

Then we visited numerous indigenous cultures...

...and then traveled to Otovalo the next day, where we watched one of our students have her soul "cleansed" by a Shaman (spirit doctor) while she had to be nearly naked..

...and visited the most amazing artisan market there, too. I was in heaven!

There isn't even enough time in the day to spend at each place... it's amazing!

Sending love,

Jenna