Thursday, 07 February 2008
Hello All.
We went into El Inca women's prison yesterday and it was quite the experience. We were initially hindered because a high profile criminal was being released under questionable circumstances (bribing a judge is very common around here) and police were every with a couple of tanks to squelch riots in and out of the prison. We literally walked right through a barricade of policemen, armed to the teeth, right up to the iron doors. Moments later, we were in. The question later was, would we get out?
The assembly went very well and was very moving. The inmates were completely international - Columbia, Holland, Germany, Africa, Australia, Bulgaria, Ecuador, and even a girl from New Jersey, USA. More to share later.
Yesterday evening, we stood at the O.O Lat / Long. on the equator. Whatever you have thought about the equator will be soon shattered as it was for me - it is really cold - because it is about 12,000 feet.
Then we headed up the volcano Pichincha. No worries - it hasn't been very active since 2000 (yikes!).
Peace and Blessings to you all.
jas
