15 July 2012

Today was our Cultural Awareness day.  We had "Church on the Rancho" brought to us by William, Afterwards we had a typical Carribian lunch of roasted chicken with onions, potatoes, carrots, squash. And sidedishes of yellow rice with greenbeans. Sauted brocolli, calliflower,onions, and sugarpeas., a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers, and of course salsa and tortillas.
      This being our "off day" we  loaded the team up and took them to see some of the local natural attractions. 
      First we went to Agua Caliente.  This is a waterfall where the water is heated by the volcano tubes underground.  Sometimes the water is so hot you can't touch it.  But this being the rainy season, the rainfall has the water cooled down, somewhat.  It's still hot, but you could actually get into it. The waterfall falls into a cold river.  The falls are about 30-40' tall.  Many of the locals jump off the top into the water below.  Don't tell Bryan, but almost everyone on the team jumped. 

After that, we went to a place called Boqueron.  It is a river that flows through this tall canyon that has trees and jungle growing out of the side walls.  Alot of people say it looks like something out of Jurassic Park. 

We swam and played here also. It was a cool and refreashing day.