Day 13 “CLOSING REFLECTION”
Student Trip Blog
Hey friends and family, hope all is well back in Chicago!
After a light breakfast, the Glimpsers headed to the entrance to the Amazon Rainforest to hike the Pailon del Diablo (Devil’s Pailon) waterfall! On our two-hour drive there, it was crazy to see how drastic the vegetation change was. From farmlands to thick green landscapes. Thankfully, unlike the bus in front of us, our bus windows were closed as we drove under the “drizzlefall” (very small waterfall). After a steep hike downhill, we were met with the giant waterfall that soaked all of us! We took lots of pictures in front of El Diablo’s double rainbow and headed toward the swinging bridge (rickety, as Jaylen would say). Some of the Glimpsers decided it would be funny to jump on the bridge and scare the others, but all of the commotions were worth seeing the amazing view. Our thorn of the day? The grueling hike back up to the bus. But we all made it up in one piece and headed to lunch at The Leprechaun in El Baño. In spite of what you might think, Leprechaun served us delicious Italian food. Then we went shopping for a little bit in the downtown part of El Baño, and headed back to the hotel. For dinner, we ate an amazing Mexican-styled meal at Lina and headed back to wind down for the night.
P.S. Happy Father’s Day to all the Global Glimpse dads out there!
Signing off, Jackie and Elyse
Pics are coming soon!
Comments (4)
Carmen
It’s so great getting these updates, Melisa miss you more every day, take care. Te amo mi niña hermosa. I can’t wait to see more photos. Thanks for the hard work of the coordinators
Adrienne Eyer
What an adventure! I looked this location up…. wow! Looks amazing, treacherous, adventurous, and beautiful all at once. You are all so lucky to see such an amazing site. Jackie – we can’t wait to see you soon!
Christine Franz
This sounded like an awesome day! And I just love that you The Leprechaun served you Italian food – definitely would have put money on Fish and Chips. ? The pictures look amazing and I hope you are all having a fantastic trip. Love you Jackie and can’t wait to hear all about it!
Jane Cajuste
Hey Elyse,
That sounds like an interesting day. Very exciting reading your first blog post honey. I can’t wait to see more from you all. Enjoy every bit of every new moment ok.
Love you to pieces!