GREAT NEWS …. I am fully funded now through the Peace Corps Partnership Program!! Thank you to all my family and friends who donated to my project. Today I placed an order for 900 HIV rapid tests!!! I will begin my testing project in July, as soon as I return from traveling with my parents and my sister Mariah!!
T-minus 6 days until my parents and Mariah get here to Ecuador. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited!! Its been almost a year since I have seen them in person so it is going to be quite the reunion!! : )
This weekend I will travel to Quito where I will meet up with my parents and Mariah Monday night. We have plans to visit my host family in Paquiestancia, take a cruise in the Galapagos, visit my work in Guayaquil, travel to Cuenca and Vilcabamba …..then fly to Peru to visit Lima, Cuzco and Machu Picchu!!
5/31 Quito to Cayambe
6/1 Cayambe to Quito
6/2 Fly to Galapagos
6/3 – 6/5 Galapagos Cruise
6/6 Galapagos to Guayaquil
6/7 Guayaquil visiting Leana’s Office at the Municipio de Guayaquil
6/8 Guayaquil to Cuenca
6/9 – 6/10 Cuenca
6/11 Cuenca to Vilcabamba
6/12 -6/13 Vilcabamba
6/14 Vilcabamba to Cuenca
6/15 Cuenca to Lima
6/16 Lima to Cuzco
6/17 Sacred Valley
6/18 - 6/20 Machu Picchu
6/21 – 6/22 Cuzco
6/23 Cuzco to Lima
6/24 Depart Lima
Hi Leana,
I am a RPCV who served in Kyrgyzstan 97-00. I am currently living in Orange, CA and working at Chapman University. I will be retiring in September and moving to Cuenca, Ecuador. I am very interested in your input about EC and everywhere you are traveling — I want to follow your footsteps! I found you on Facebook and asked to be your friend. I want to correspond with you. Enjoy your travels. Best regards, Nancy Gregory