Saturday, July 29, 2006
Another Adventure in Huambalo
Provided by Gayl Bowser
I´ve not been much of a blogger on this trip cause I´ve been enjoying all the fun adventures, LOVELY people and amazing things we have been doing. And since we have done a lot of things together, I didn´t think I had a lot to say. But today, I had my own personal adventure. Thought you´d like to hear what happened.
Today. I went looking for free wood scraps for building some toys and equipment at the school. I got to drive around with a mom of two of the kids. She speaks no English and my Spanish is improving rapidly but I´m basically a non speaker. We got along just fine with the help of many of the children who were helping in their family shops. They make incredible furniture in Huambalo and I got to see a lot of it unfinished. There were kids everywhere sanding chairs and tables. Big work rooms filled with sawdust and shavings and one very clean room in every shop where they stain and spray the finished products. There are tables with inlay and every family seems to have it´s own chair design. Big and bulky as Much Spanish style furniture seems to be but with a particular Ecuador twist to it. soft curves that remind me of some of the Inca paintings.....
Anyway, it was VERY fun. We also went to the sawmill to try to get posts and rails for the ramps. They will cut them for us specially and deliver tomorrow morning. I got back to see almost every CITTI project member digging and lifting rocks at the end of the day. What a scene. We are all coming back more fit and with a few ounces of volcano dust in our system. I´m sure it´s rich in minerals.
It was a great day!
