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Sunrise on a beach
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This is a photo from my host dad’s birthday. It has his birthday cake, my birthday cake, a
bottle of seco (liquor made from
sugar cane), and a bottle of rum. And of
course the necessary piñatas.
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I found this in my shower one night, and it creeped me
out. It’s harmless, but very big.
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The other day my host family moved their cows from one
pasture to another and they had to go by the highway (this is the highway –
only two lanes). They carry red flags to
alert drivers that the cows are nearby so that the cars and the cows don’t
collide.
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My community also has a lot of
chickens everywhere. In the United
States, when you hear something rustling in the bushes it’s probably a
squirrel. Here, it’s probably a chicken. They wander around everywhere, returning to
their home only to eat and lay eggs. And
then when they stop laying eggs where you want them to, or you have a special
occasion, the meat tastes better and is healthier and you know the chicken had
a happier life. They get into everything
– my family spends a lot of time chasing them off the front porch, and it was
quite a hullaballoo when they were nesting in
the latrine and my host mom had to chase them out with a broom. They remind me so much of dinosaurs,
feathery, tasty, harmless t-rexes.
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| This is the stove that a lot of people in my community use. A lot also have stoves that we are familiar with (though they are a lot smaller), and others use three stones and a fire underneath (left), but these (right) are the eco-stoves that burn less wood, aren’t as hot and don’t produce as much smoke. |
