Because there was so much going on this weekend, I decided to squish everything into one post! Friday, for our activity, Eric took us into town to check out the market. This market is a real treasure, because everything is producer grown! Everything is supposed to come straight from the source. This is good both for consumers and the producers because it cuts out the middle man, thus providing more money for the growers and less for consumers! Plus, you get to meet the people who grow the produce! It makes it very relationship oriented. We bought fresh honey and cinnamon rolls for the mornings, got to try my first passion fruit!
This is what I like to call, the alien fruit. Seeds are similar to pomegranate and very sour! Each one is connected to those little nodes reminds me of sour skittles! Very tasty!
We also got to try some other fruits!
They sell bananas still on the branch!
Starfruit. Very pretty, maybe for fun summer drinks, quite sour to just eat.
Pe Ji Balle. It's a fruit, that tastes like a savory potato dish with tons of beautiful seasonings. But it's just been picked off the branch. So, yeah, not quite sure why we don't just eat these for every meal.
Red guava! It's the sweet kind. Much more palatable than the white kind that usually has worms inside...
This is like a leeche, and very tasty! Cool outer covering too!
This. is. the. best. Candied coconut. Made with molasses! Seriously, could eat tons of this stuff!
On Saturday, we slept in (as much as we could from the early rising sun) and made it a relaxation day! We went to the pool and swam and laid out to get our bronze on. We were then invited to go out with one of the master students from UNT and some locals for dinner and hanging out. We got to get dressed up and spent the night laughing and possibly getting slightly overcharged for the food.
Now, for the best part of the weekend, and also a part of the top 5 days of my life thus far, Sunday! We woke up around 7 and took a bus to zipline through the jungle and raft through the Pacuare River! Sadly, I didn't take my phone (for obvious reasons) so I didn't get any pictures, but hopefully I 'll get some up on facebook soon :) The tour was about 2 hours long and full of beauty! There were about 10 pieces of the course and some of them were daunting rappelling lines where we lowered ourselves to the ground from 50 ft platforms. It was amazing! They last zip line was about an 1/8th mile long and overlooked the rainforest! I would COMPLETELY recommend it!
The second was even better. Imagine a high energy, 3 hour beauty tour in the one of the world's top 4 white water rafting rivers. And that's what I did! Seriously, the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my entire life! Level 4 rapids and an incredible view and quite the workout! I fell in at one point, which may or may not have made the experience more epic. I wish I could show you pictures, but then again, you should really just go see it for yourself :)
Things I've taken for granted:
Fabric softener. Today (Monday), we were able to finally wash all our laundry. We had one of those pod things which was helpful, but then we put things on the line. They smell great! But they feel...a bit crunchy.
Drier weather. Don't get me wrong, it is SO completely gorgeous here. Breezes and rain every day. However, the mosquitos find me quite delicious. Like filet mignon. I've heard it could be linked to blood type. If that's the case, I may just end up getting a blood transfusion. But, it's whatever.
I'll write more about our adventures we had today, tomorrow! Have a great day! God bless and Pura Vida!
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