Oh My! It's not Kansas! It's the Amazon!

Yesterday (3/14) we heard from the Andes and Amazon adventure group through an e-mail that Barrett Kelly (a student on this trip) sent us. This is the e-mail that was sent to us the night before they headed into the Amazon Basin. They had one night of internet access throughout the whole trip, and one of the e-mails was to us.
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"Today we took a yonder through the terrain of Ecuador. As a goal for the trip we decided to undergo a very difficult hike to test ourselves boyh mentally and physically. The hike started out farely easy as we walked over the flat green grasses. Evem though the terrain wasnt the steepest the altitude did a number on us. Once the hike started to get steeoer and steeper it became harder to continue in the journey. As we got higher and higher up the view became more and more beautiful. The mountains were a sight that could not be beaten by anything we had seen before or so we thought until we reached the top. At the very top of the hike there was a crater filled with a deep solid blue that made the exhaustion of thr hike melt away in seconds.

We took a hopefully-cover photo for the Winterim booklet and continued our hike for another hour. By then, every little hill seemed like the end of the world. I heard my breath going so loud that I even got scared of it. But finally, WE MADE IT!!! When I saw the bus, me and others just sprinted to it, got in and laughed so hard for the relief. David drove us to La Posada de Tigua where we were greeted by the nicest people ever. I took a hot shower for the first time in the week and played Mafia with the group for a good long time before dinner. The meal was delicious like I expected it and had just an amazing time with the table. At night we all just hung out and had a very good bonding time with everyone."

Sounds like a fun two weeks in the Amazon! Thanks for the E-mail Barrett!