Thankfully the weather cooperated with us on Saturday (and there were no more snake encounters after the morning rush!). A group of real tourists were supposed to come, but they cancelled. Instead, we played the part of tourists to capture some video by our friend Sye who left his team behind and joined us for the weekend. I know that his sleeping adventure of falling out of and through the hammock, plus the bats visiting him made for a truly memorable experience for him! I almost, but not quite, lost my camera to the river when my bench gave way as I tried to capture some pictures along the canoe ride. It was a busy day, but we succeeded in getting what we needed. With our day's work behind us, that only meant one thing - a swim in the river and jumping off the swing rope!
We finished up loose ends on Sunday. Tourists were not in the plans (see yesterday's blog!), but 2 showed up. It was good to see how the community interacted with them and how they were able to display their dance, music and crafts. Tulio is quite the tour guide, which is what he studied in university. It was also great to eat some traditional food. I don't know the official name of them, but the fried dough pieces pictured below reminded me SO much of rollkuchen back home (just missing the watermelon and syrup!). We've enjoyed them on a number of occasions and they are a favorite on our team. Now the real website work begins. We leave for Costa Rica next week Friday and want a big chunk, if not all, of the website complete and ready to roll.
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