Thursday, July 19, 2012

Day 6 and 7


It has been a couple of days since we have checked in andthere have been some big changes. Yesterday, we spent some time completing our science projects about thedietary eating patterns of the grasshoppers and the behaviors of poison dartfrogs.  We were all very impressed withthe presentation and they were all well done. We celebrated by having a campfire with S’mores.  Jack and Hayes were in their element, forthey were asked to start the fire.  Hayeswas able to use his Bear Grylls knife and they carefully placed all the wood tomake the best fire possible.  We alldebated the best way to cook a marshmallow…I don’t think we were able to agreeif a nice toasty brown or the yucky black torched mellow was the best.

We made our way back to Chilamate Eco-Retreat today and wereplaced in our homestay families.  Many ofthe kids were insecure and stressed about the placement.  After an hour or so, we met up with eachother to have lunch at the eco retreat and to debrief.   We decided to make our way into the localtown called Puerto Viejo to have some fun and experience the culture.  It seemed to lower the stress level and theywere able to buy some gifts.  I thinkexperiencing the local grocery store and eating some ice cream didwonders.  Tomorrow we start on theservice portion of the trip.  We aregoing to help clear out an area and fence it in to lay the ground works for thelocal community center.

Jeff

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