Day 5

This morning, breakfast was 15 minutes earlier than usual because we had to leave to go horseback riding. Breakfast was made up fresh guava, watermelon, and locally grown bananas which were smaller and more citrussy than the bananas back home. We also had beans and rice, and eggs as usual. Then we quickly piled onto the bus to make our way to the horseback riding adventure. 

Once we had all lined up in order of least experienced to most we got our horses. The ride was beautiful as we rode through trees, across a river, and through mountainous trails. After we made our way back we saw two toucans at the horse place. They were friendly, to us and to each other, and we saw them eat some tasty fruits. 




Then the bus took us to the center of the village, Colonia Libertad, and we learned about the history of how the place was settled and did a scavenger hunt to explore the town and learned about the people that lived there. We got eggs, cheese, ice cream in a bag. We met the singular policeman, a woman who was one of the first people to settle the town, and saw both of the towns churches. 




The hike was brutal and many didn't survive, however the delish ice cream kept the rest of us pushing on. After leaving the dead for the ants we were able to make it to lunch. It was all a haze to me but I think we had salted plantain chips. 



After an unfruitful siesta, we took the bus up to the laboratory to science the shit out of shit. We looked at petri dishes from prior experiments and began the procedures of our experiments that we designed the previous day, we also were able to start our official lab notebook. Some of us made dead ant juice, a delicious treat to replace our coffee break. We took a break for dinner, had some arroz con leche for dessert, and the science continued in the laboratory above us. 

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