We hope you all had a delicious and belt-bursting Thanksgiving! And don't worry, we didn't miss it. All the volunteers banded together and created Thanksgiving here in San Juan Comalapa. We each prepared our favorite dishes (fresh bread, garlic mashed potatoes and Green Bean Casserole for us), and invited over some of our Chapino friends to experienceour traditional American holiday of stuffing faces. There was talk of somehow showing a football game, but gladly weopted for playing horseshoes, instead. Fidelia, the owner of our favorite tienda, loved "our" food so much, we walked her home with two overfilled plates of leftovers. At that point, we'd done the Thanksgiving holiday justice.
The next morning, 6am, Keri, Cali and us, were on our way to the black sanded beaches of Sipacate! Six hours, three chicken buses and a lancha later, we reached the warm and sunny ocean. Unfortunately, we had to stay at an overpriced resort, Rancho Cabrillo, that had a complete monopoly on the Sipacate ocean. But the four of us threw our bags in the room, jumped into our suits and r
an for the waves. The waves were short, but incredibly powerful. Cali and Rebecca were almost pulled out by a gigantic wave before the super-ripped lifegaurd called us all to safer areas. We swam for hours the next day as well, but we decided to depart our friends and head to Antigua for a night of real showers and our favorite resteraunt that has both veggie burgers and a Peruvian pan-flute band. We came to learn later, that only hours after we left the beach, two men were pulled out by the current, and sadly, the lifegaurd could only make it to one. Such a things reminds us how important it is to always be cautious and protect each other.
We returned just in time for the town´s big dig day. A new water pipeline was going in, and every family who were to use it was responsible for digging as much as 25 meters in length and 80cm deep. Because we had about 10 people in our crew, and Rebecca´s impressive experience, we dug twice as much. It was great to work side by side with the people of Comalapa. We even shared in the refraccíon of Pepsi and pan dulce. After digging for three hours it suprisingly hit the spot.
We saw seven volunteers come and go in these two weeks and said goodbye to the two that welcomed us a month ago. Now we are the welcoming committee at the Casa de Voluntarios and are looking forward to completing the retaining wall of the garden and the kitchen of the Casa de Llantas.
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We returned just in time for the town´s big dig day. A new water pipeline was going in, and every family who were to use it was responsible for digging as much as 25 meters in length and 80cm deep. Because we had about 10 people in our crew, and Rebecca´s impressive experience, we dug twice as much. It was great to work side by side with the people of Comalapa. We even shared in the refraccíon of Pepsi and pan dulce. After digging for three hours it suprisingly hit the spot.
We saw seven volunteers come and go in these two weeks and said goodbye to the two that welcomed us a month ago. Now we are the welcoming committee at the Casa de Voluntarios and are looking forward to completing the retaining wall of the garden and the kitchen of the Casa de Llantas.
Escribamos Más Pronto!
