Saturday, May 17, 2008

Heart attack anyone?

It is fun when the local villages have their parties, because lots of vendors come in and sometimes there is food! Like tacos and hamburguesas.

Last week was a disappointment...
This is not food:


What is it?

French fries and cut up hot dogs, smothered in mayonnaise, "ketchup" (colored corn syrup), and hot sauce.

Sounds great, eh? What was especially funny is that we were *really* hungry, and there were maybe five or six stands selling food, so we thought, great! ALL six of the vendors were ONLY selling french fries with hot dogs and mayo.

Anyway, this week is party time for the village above us. Last night we went to the jaripeo, which was less loud than most. There was a drinking contest between six women for the entertainment during an "intermission". They each had to chug a beer, then run across the bullring and spin around a bottle ten times. I'm not sure how they judged who won... I think there was a tie between the three women who were actually able to do it without falling over.

And people are so friendly! And proud of their town and their town party. Very fun.

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Today I work more on webpages and we begin invites for our next event. We have two volunteers who are definitely coming next month which will be fun. And one person who might come in the fall and stay for some months working on projects for her masters degree.

yay!

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