Annnddd we're back.

We apologize for being MIA for the past couple weeks or so. They’ve been somewhat busy, as our schedule was booked for a month straight:

January 19th-25: Mom and Aunt Karla were here visiting
January 25-27: Our COS (Close of Service) Conference
January 26-30: JACOM board visiting Accompong
January 29-February 14: ECUADOR!!

Let us discuss the most recent of these events: ECUADOR!! Throughout our service we’ve been discussing how we would use our allotted leave days. I don’t know if this is a regular occurrence among other posts, but here in Jamaica, most PCVs spend hours and hours contemplating how they will spend their acquired leave days (2 days/month of service). For almost a year, we’ve been discussing the possibility of traveling to South America at the end of our service, a place both of us have never been but both wanted to visit. So after some research (i.e. which country we could fly to the cheapest), relentless persuasion of good friends (fellow PCVs who joined us), and reassessment of our budget (you only live once, right?), we decided on Ecuador.

the Crew

Let us NOW brag about the good choices we made: Ecuador was fabulous. Our companions were wonderful. Our budget, only a little worse for the wear. We spent all of our time in the Andes/highlands, as most of us deeply miss the mountains, hiking, camping, and cool weather. We could go on and on about the great time we had, but we won’t bore you with details. Instead, here’s some pictures of our journey you can check out….