Bittersweet:

One week down! And 3 to go. This week has gone by so fast, and I can believe it’s already over. I just said goodbye to the first team and am waiting on the second team to arrive. They were the perfect first team, and I am pretty sad to see them go. I am not going to be able to handle this if I get attached to every team, it’s kind of ridiculous (seriously, i can't cry every week, a kid could get dehydrated you know?) Today we went on a zipline in the coolest area.

Fun fact of the day: What is the difference between a cloud forest and a rainforest?

A cloud forest is when there is a ton of vegetation, but the trees absorb all of their moisture from the clouds

Thought you would like that, but yeah we went ziplining in a cloud forest today. The people who run the zipline are all family and they live on a self-sustaining farm. It is pretty much my dream life style (except for the fact that I don't know how to farm, cook, or build anything). Seriously they live on $100 a month which mostly goes toward electricity and everything else they raise or cook there. Our lunch was pizza, and some heavenly chocolate goop that was all made and grown there. So cool. They are all about conservation and researching friendlier ways to farm. If interested you can get more info at:

www.tucanopy.com (seriously, very cool people)

Random Fun Facts about Ecuador:

One of their main exports is roses. They exported over 131,010,000 dollars worth of roses in 1997. Basically if you have roses in your house right now, they probably came from Ecuador.