shooting darts
basket weaving
home sweet home
green!
eating fruit on the farm, and yes we are in the middle of a farm at this pointJust got back from a four day trip to el oriente. also known as the freakin amazon rain forest!
the environmental track students, all 5 of us, got to go to the amazon area for our observation trip. i
we stayed on an organic farm with out lights or running water. we visited two indigenous communities and learned a lot of their hardships fighting against oil companies, loggers, and other large companies.
the rain forest is what one would expect. really hot, really humid, and had some of the biggest f'ing bugs i have ever seen in my life.
the people are unbelievably nice though. such as welcome change from quito. especially the indigenous communities were so inclusive. i never expected to feel so welcome.
so i think i will be doing my internship in an indigenous community for 5 weeks helping with agriculture and tourism. i have never gone 5 weeks with out running water or electricity. i am a little worried about that, but bathing in a river cant be that bad right? i have to get used to the food though. the eat yuca, bananas and fish mostly. the yuca and bananas i totally cool with. but it will take me awhile to get used to being served a whole fish, and eventually i will have to learn to eat the head of the fish as well. it was a challenge enough for me to remove the spine. so i'm a wimp, I'll get over it. but i really hope this internship possibility works out. it would be an amazing opportunity.
the environmental track students, all 5 of us, got to go to the amazon area for our observation trip. i
we stayed on an organic farm with out lights or running water. we visited two indigenous communities and learned a lot of their hardships fighting against oil companies, loggers, and other large companies.
the rain forest is what one would expect. really hot, really humid, and had some of the biggest f'ing bugs i have ever seen in my life.
the people are unbelievably nice though. such as welcome change from quito. especially the indigenous communities were so inclusive. i never expected to feel so welcome.
so i think i will be doing my internship in an indigenous community for 5 weeks helping with agriculture and tourism. i have never gone 5 weeks with out running water or electricity. i am a little worried about that, but bathing in a river cant be that bad right? i have to get used to the food though. the eat yuca, bananas and fish mostly. the yuca and bananas i totally cool with. but it will take me awhile to get used to being served a whole fish, and eventually i will have to learn to eat the head of the fish as well. it was a challenge enough for me to remove the spine. so i'm a wimp, I'll get over it. but i really hope this internship possibility works out. it would be an amazing opportunity.
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