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Phrase of the day: Espera, estas diciendo que Tingo NO es lo mismo??... Wait, so you're saying Tingo ISN'T like this??
No friends, no it is not. But it is pretty. 
This past week a few volunteers and I were in Tingo, Ecuador. A small village outside of Guangaje. Guangaje is a small town outside of Latacunga. Latacunga is... If you get where I'm going with this... Tingo is tiny! And pretty far from anything! But the people are very hospitable. When we arrived, all of children ran up to us and gave us hugs. It felt like being in a movie. They gave us lunch. An omelette, potatoes, and avacado. (And potatoes in the Highlands are like plantains on the Coast; you get them with every single meal. fantastic.) We also had plenty of hot tea. I'm still not a fan, but it helped a lot to cope with the cold weather.
Speaking of cold weather, I'm sorry, why are clouds at eye level on the way up to Tingo?? Ridiculous. 
This is a community house they made using zero nails or screws. It was pretty cool. 
Thanks to a volunteer, Tingo has composting toilets, which actually smelled better than normal bathrooms. I was surprised! Although running out to the outhouse at 2am was not exactly fun. 
We were all pretty bundled up the entire trip. Even when we went to bed, some of us had on our jacket. Keyword being "some". 
And no, we weren't going to bed together. We were watching a movie! (Yeah, not quite imax here). The sun goes down around 6 or 7, and it's freezing, so there's not much else to do besides get under your 5 covers. (I literally slept in my sleeping bag under 4 thick woolen blankets). 
Oh, you're probably still wondering why we were in Tingo even. Well, that will come tomorrow!
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