28May14
My dad said he hasn’t been seeing enough of Holly on the blog, so here she is! No, we don’t normally hold her leash so tightly — only when we want to take photos because she won’t stand still. Here she is after her afternoon walk. Look at those eyes! She’s got the wild in her.
We usually take her up and down this road that cuts through the jungle towards our bungalow.
We usually see those little red and blue crabs skittering along the side of the road, and we sometimes hear monkeys in the trees.
I think we’ve showed you plenty of photos of the beach, so we’ll show you some photos from our walk to school. Today we had class in the morning, but tomorrow we’ll have it in the afternoon. It alternates every other day so students are able to enjoy the beach and have some flexibility in their schedule.
We saw these horses eating during a stretch we call “no man’s land” because there is no shade and only fierce, unyielding sun. It took a lot of energy to stop to take this photo instead of continuing my journey to the shade.
After we get into the shade, we walk about five more minutes and hang a right down the street to the school. It’s a dirt road that passes by a couple hostels, and eventually ends at the ocean. The school is on the left.
Every day during our walk, we can’t get over how beautiful everything is. Even Lonely Planet asks, “Is Sámara the black hole of happiness?” The answer is yes.
To close us out, for your listening pleasure, we recorded the sound of this evening’s rain, recorded from our patio, for the next time you need to close your eyes and imagine you’re in la jungla. Disfruten.
