Agnes Falck en Atillo reporte

The community

Atillo is a community about 2 hours by bus from Riobamba. The altitude is 3450 metres. There is only one road and it stretches between Riobamba and Macas. There are two bus companies to go with, Riobamba and Unidos. Every day pass about seven busses in each direction.

The community includes 650 persons spread over 20 kilometres. There are three schools and two churches.

The landscape is nice with a lot of mountains and grass. It is cold. Only if the sun is shining in the day there is an opportunity to sweet. The rest of the time you will need a lot of clothes. It will be about 8 degrees Celsius in you room by night. Don’t forget your sunscreen every day though. And boots and rain clothes.

I went to Atillo to teach English in the school and take photos of the landscape. I slept in a cabin and ate in the only restaurant in Atillo. It is run by the intelligent and strong woman Dora, her parents and two girls who also live with the family. Dora has got a daughter who lives in Riobamba to go to school. She is not married though.