Green goo and the zoo

On Sunday we were taken to a park by our boss and his wife. We waited for a bus for an hour and then decided to walk to a closer one. It included a zoo and I am quite sure they don´t have PETA here. We went in a handmade cave that clearly was not made for Americans (aka people over 5.1¨). Then we headed out to meet another friend. After a 20 minute truck bed ride we ended up at a place that grows and sells sugar cane. They boil the stuff in a big witches cauldron, it looks like boiling algae. Some guy who picked his nose and then stuck his foot in the brew skimmed off the foam which we ate with lemon leaves. The next course of cane juice was much better but that doesn´t say much. They also make candy there and grow coffee.

This week we went to the high school to tell students about books and find out about teaching English. While we were playing basketball some girl came up and told us she had a problem. She said some of us want to play basketball with you and some want a picture. This is not the first time we have been asked. If only girls in their 20´s were as excited as these 15-6 year olds. Naturally Phil and I didn´t let up and dominated them, as they cried their way back to the school we met up with the director. He led us around the school and we told the kids about the book drive we are putting on for the library the people before us built. I like doing the book drive because working in the orchard isn´t really helping with Spanish and if I get bit by one more frickin ant, well I am going to take a machete to their home. I haven´t decided which is worse the ants or the two guys that sit on top of the Basilica and bang pots and pans at 6, 12, 4:30 and 6.