the dude loves to travel. He's the only one of my friends down here that has a car, and it is great. So, this past weekend we made our way to his farm way out in the country that's like 4 hours away from Quito.The place was truly beautiful. We saw beautiful landscapes, incredible plant life, and had a little fun with the Andes mountains. I had a great time with my friends and we just relaxed.
Probably the highlight of the trip came right at the beginning. As we arrive Mateo starts looking around for this type of juice. It supposedly tastes like honey juice, but it comes from a plant instead of bees. He starts asking all these Indigenous people and finally asking about 15 people we find Rosa.
Rosa is a nice elderly woman who told us she had this juice. We gave her a ride to her house, she introduces us to her husband Victor, and makes her way into a field. She sets up next to this plant that looks like a funny cactus and starts taking out this liquid from the root. She offers us a little cup of it, and I was like, 'alright, this is something different. I could be into this.' I try it and Mateo was right, it tasted just like honey juice.
country. There's no T.V., no internet, and they've been living in that surrounding area their entire lives. I just felt like I experienced something that most people never will, because it's not something that you can look up on Google. It's relationship.
Rosa is a nice elderly woman who told us she had this juice. We gave her a ride to her house, she introduces us to her husband Victor, and makes her way into a field. She sets up next to this plant that looks like a funny cactus and starts taking out this liquid from the root. She offers us a little cup of it, and I was like, 'alright, this is something different. I could be into this.' I try it and Mateo was right, it tasted just like honey juice.The reason this was the highlight because it was about people. It was real. On the way to the farm and even throughout the weekend we saw all kinds of incredible landscapes, but I just felt like there was something missing. Meeting Rosa and Victor seemed to make it for me. I mean these people never see white people. They are in the middle of the Ecuadorian
country. There's no T.V., no internet, and they've been living in that surrounding area their entire lives. I just felt like I experienced something that most people never will, because it's not something that you can look up on Google. It's relationship.
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