Sunday, June 12, 2011

Day 6! (The Adventure Continues)

¡Hola Todos!
It is already day 6! Oh, how the days have passed by so quickly! We are now all accustomed to waking up to the never-ending morning tunes of the exotic birds, the roar of the monkeys, the relentless buzzing of the flies, and the trickle of magnificent Rio de Sarapiquí! As we overcame this obstacle, we can now thoroughly enjoy the beautiful gifts that Mother Nature offers.  This morning, we continued our service project with the playground and began the painting!  As you can see below, the colors that we, the girls, chose at the local hardware store are vibrant and describe the beautiful town perfectly.  Not only serving as a place for the children to let their imaginations soar as they let out some energy, the playground also serves as a place of learning as English and Spanish words, designs, and numbers were added to the design.  This playground is already a huge hit among the students and Chilamate community!
The crew painting the details on the pillars of the future slide.

The Fish Farm!
    After our incredibly hard work at the work site, we boarded the van and headed off to a beautiful fish farm owned by a Costa Rican family.  As soon as we arrived, we could see the land that stretched on for acres and that was exploding with various vibrant flowers and trees.  The landscape included tropical fruit trees, sugar cane plants, wooden bridges, and the stables surrounding the kitchen and fishpond! The view was magnificent and a true treat; we would never have the same opportunity in the States!  We ended our time at the fish farm with a tour of the land by the father and son who lived and worked on the incredible land.  After we made it home to the EcoLodge, we continued our leadership training with an activity, ate one of the most wonderful dinners, and went on a night hike into the Rainforest with Ryan, the biologist, to look for Tinker frogs and Red-eyed frogs!  We had a successful night with the hunt and got several incredible pictures of the frogs! It was a splendid day!

 Everyone toasting to the great lunch that we caught at the fish farm! Deep fried fish, coleslaw-like salad, yuca hashbrowns, fried platanos, rice, pineapple juice, lemonade, or passionfruit juice.


 Pauline and Kyra tasting the local sugar cane! Delicioso!
Peering into the pineapple plantation for ripe selections!

Chandler’s and Hannah’s catch of the day!






1 comments:

lisa said...

Everything sounds so wonderful! Great job on the playground...what an adventure! I am envious...Lisa Roberts

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