We took a group of ladies from Pacux to a chicken farm to learn about raising chickens to earn a living. To get to the farm, we had to ride in the back of pick up trucks. Oh my! While we were at the chicken farm we were able to hear the story of how Salama came to be… very interesting! The owner raises more than chickens we learned… he has ostriches, ducks, monkeys and more. We looked at the ostriches first. One ostrich was biting at my watch and at first I screamed but it didn’t hurt. The ostrich did not like the way I jerked my hand back when he would go to bite so he grabbed my whole hand and bit down pretty hard. It actually left a little mark. Then we saw quail, rabbits, then monkeys. Oh, the monkeys! The two adorable capuchin monkeys would hold your hand; how sweet. Then one began to grab at my shirt, shorts, backpack then finally my hair! It grabbed my hair and didn’t let go for a little bit. He was trying to eat it. Of course I was screaming. Later these two monkeys took the lock out of their gate and then opened their gate. They escape all of the time according to the owner. It was a lot of fun.
After we left the chicken farm, we headed off to Pacux. We were going to have to tell the children goodbye. I was so excited to go see them but was not looking forward to saying goodbye. When we got there we organized the humanitarian aide items at the school. The children were in the classes at this time. I was able to see inside a first grade and seventh grade classroom. It was SO awesome! The teacher in the first grade class told the interpreter that she has researched things for her class online and that people have come to watch her & even put her on YouTube. I can’t wait to check that out when I get home. The children left their classrooms and were able to go through the line and get items. Some items were clothes, shoes, toys, candy and pictures of themselves that we printed for them & put in frames. They do not have any photos of themselves. After all of the items were gone, we had to say our goodbyes. The three days that I was able to spend with these children were amazing. Noelle, Gladys, Cristina & Josua are forever in my heart. Noelle ran up to me and handed me a little basket. Luckily one of the translators was near me. Noelle told me that she handmade the basket for me and that she wants me to remember her. I started crying and hugged her. She hugged me so tight. As I walked to the bus and told my sweeties goodbye, I cried and told them that I will be back and that I will miss them. The stood by my window and walked with the bus as it pulled away. It was such an emotional goodbye.
After a 4 hour drive (I had plenty of time to cry out my thoughts and take a nap) we arrived in Antigua. We checked in at the hotel and went to eat at the Mono Loco (which means crazy monkey—so funny since I met a crazy monkey that morning). It was such a cool, fun place. We had naranjara con soda (orange juice & soda – mmmmm), nachos & quesadillas. It was so yummy. The nachos are advertised to be as big as your head. They were so much bigger & loaded with lots of guacamole. We were able to visit with the translators a lot and that was so interesting to discuss different cultures.
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