Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Hike to El Cocal

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Our August hike was to a place called El Cocal. There were about 40 students from three different schools. ¡Que chivo! Chivo means cool, but also means baby cow.



caminando



In yet another afternoon that would never happen in the States, we—without permission--used the porch and lawn of a stranger’s empty vacation home for our lunch and our lecture series. The house was previously touted as a casa de vidrio (glass house), but ended up being just a house with somewhat large windows. Kelly led an investigative comparison of different habitats. Our main man Gerardo gave a lecture on soil erosion.




Bruce, during his Say No to Drugs charla (chat). It involved a time machine! This young man was a police officer in the future, but then, in the drug-influenced alternative future, he was but a lowly, unemployed drogadicto (drug addict).



Bruce with a future police officer



Future drogadicto? He asked us to take a picture of just him. We figured he would just smile.




A great view of the pueblo taken from the glass house



This picture was taken at the hot springs on the way down. We drank our liquid yogurt, brand name “YES”. We asked our friend if he knew what the word “yes” meant. He gave us a thumbs-up and said, “Yes!”

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