Tonight Jaxon and I went to visit my new friend Stephanie in town. She and her husband (who is a Tico) own a small gym in town. She said that few people exercise here, but she and her husband are trying to bring a healthier way of life to this very (and I mean VERY) rural village. We took a dance class with a guy who was teaching us some type of Creole Latin - even better than Zumba! Jaxon was playing on all the exercise machines while we laughed and danced. Many people showed up with their kids and in their jeans to watch and work out. It was very small gym and people were just coming and going. It was so much fun. I was wearing a black tank top, bright red capri pants and purple Tevas. NICE gym attire!
Today our volunteering consisted of scrubbing 50 pairs of old rubber boots to get ready for the Tirimbina open house on Sunday. Afterward I smelled like sweaty feet and rubber. Tomorrow we wash umbrellas. Fun. At least they have something for us to do here. I kinda thought we'd be helping out with science projects and such, but with our limited Spanish I am afraid we are not that helpful. At least we can do some manual labor! I wanted Jaxon to feel like he was working at least a little bit!
On a lighter note, we experienced an earthquake today - 5.0 (got to face one of my BIG fears), saw half a dozen white faced cappuchin monkeys, 2 howler monkeys and 2 agoutis on our hike. Fantastic! Too bad the camera batteries died! Also I bought Tang at the grocery store in the following flavors:, watermelon, lime, guanabana, gamaica (hibiscus, I think.) And some cookies called "Yippys" which are supposed to be all the rage in Costa Rica but were really kind of nasty. I bet I will eat them anyway since they are covered in chocolate!
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I remember when Louise and I were there it was one of the few places we went outside the US where I thought the food was great! Of course there was lots of meat and fish. I do not recall eating a lot of tofu there, but I know you are very adaptable. Keep your eyes out for sloths.
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