PallaTanga

Last weekend my siblings and I wet with our grandparents to their house in the mountains, in a town called PallaTanga. It was a 2 hour drive from our house in Guayaquil, and on the way we got to stop at a little market on the side of the road to buy fresh mandarins and mini bananas for the weekend. The house was amazing! There was a river right behind their house, which when you followed a trail next to it would lead you to a small waterfall. In the backyard they had their own tennis court, and the grass was split up into 6 sections, each containing a hole in the ground, so it could be used for gold. The view of the mountains was nice, and comforting to see mountains because they remind me of home in Vermont. Because we were at a higher elevation than Guayaquil, the weather was a little colder than what i've been used to for the past 5 weeks. It was kind of nice to be able to sit outside in a sweatshirt and jeans!

My favorite part of the house though was one room in particular. For years my grandfather has been collecting acient artifacts from the Incas, including ceremonial gold, figurines, and stones used for tools which are from 5000 years before Christ.





On the last day we got to bro rock climbing! 1 side of the house is made of stones a cement, which we use as a rock wall. It was only 2 stories high, but it a lot harder than it looks!