Shveating Our Coconuts Off
Today was our opportunity to spend the day with our homestay families. We all had unique experiences being able to live like the Mayans do. Kalyn, Chris, Alysha and Briana went down to the creek to wash our laundry along with the women of our families. The women of the community wash their clothes on slabs of rock and we were happy to wash our clothes along with them. Jerilyn and Cathy got to witness their dinner being slaughtered, de-feathered and prepared. They also got to visit the family farm and try coconuts  |
In the afternoon, we visited a beautiful garden sanctuary. Miss Emma, the owner of the garden, gave us a tour of her exotic plants. We got to smell different species of ylang-ylang, see beautiful birds of paradise and wild ginger, and eat starfruit right off the tree.
Afterwards, Juan cut us fresh coconut for us to drink! After we drank all the coconut water out of the fruit we had a chance to cut them open and eat the flesh. Let's just say our machete skills were no where near as good as Juan's! This was a first time experience for some of us and we all agreed it was "elbow-licking good!"
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