Lindsey: Today we went back to the construction site and finished taking the shingles off of the school, in none other than assembly line fashion (which we've perfected over the past 3 days!) We also moved more rocks! Another one of our gleaming talents. :) 
We learned how the locals make concrete here, which is quite different than I've ever done it. We first leveled the ground, then layered small boulder sized rocks close to each other to cover the area. We then hauled 32 heaping wheelbarrows full of sand, 10 bags of concrete mix, and 25 wheelbarrows full of small rocks and put them in a pile. They covered the whole pile with water, then made a little funnel and slowly mixed the contents in the center until it was really wet, then filled a wheelbarrow full and dumped it over the rocks. 
Back to the interesting stuff...photo shoot with the kids! We had them do "peace" signs and taught them "head, shoulders, knees & toes" in Spanish. There was quite a bit of time when they only used the guys, for some odd reason, so we entertained the kids and took in the beautiful scenery (that oddly looked like Utah county, with additional animals & concrete shanties).
The concrete process took a bit longer than expected, so we were an hour and a half late meeting the rest of the group, who went to see the Peguche Waterfall. It was a short hike to a beautiful waterfall, through a forested area. 
Several who were there earlier were able to hike up the backside of the waterfall and through a cave which was pretty cool...I heard. After seeing the sites, we headed back for dinner and some killer games of Phase 10, followed by a mob scene where I led about 10 people on a search for chocolate through the streets of Otavalo! We were definitely successful, and after a long day, chocolate in a foreign country never tasted so good!
We learned how the locals make concrete here, which is quite different than I've ever done it. We first leveled the ground, then layered small boulder sized rocks close to each other to cover the area. We then hauled 32 heaping wheelbarrows full of sand, 10 bags of concrete mix, and 25 wheelbarrows full of small rocks and put them in a pile. They covered the whole pile with water, then made a little funnel and slowly mixed the contents in the center until it was really wet, then filled a wheelbarrow full and dumped it over the rocks. Back to the interesting stuff...photo shoot with the kids! We had them do "peace" signs and taught them "head, shoulders, knees & toes" in Spanish. There was quite a bit of time when they only used the guys, for some odd reason, so we entertained the kids and took in the beautiful scenery (that oddly looked like Utah county, with additional animals & concrete shanties). The concrete process took a bit longer than expected, so we were an hour and a half late meeting the rest of the group, who went to see the Peguche Waterfall. It was a short hike to a beautiful waterfall, through a forested area. Several who were there earlier were able to hike up the backside of the waterfall and through a cave which was pretty cool...I heard. After seeing the sites, we headed back for dinner and some killer games of Phase 10, followed by a mob scene where I led about 10 people on a search for chocolate through the streets of Otavalo! We were definitely successful, and after a long day, chocolate in a foreign country never tasted so good!
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