Thursday, February 26, 2009

Running low on time but I wanted to update you at least with a couple of pictures... enjoy!! I promise I´ll have more for you next time.



(above) So in addition to witnessing the killing of chickens, here is the first time I saw them kill a pig. They tied him up, stabbed him in the neck and drained the blood. In the background you see a pot of boiling water that is poured on the dead pig to make the hair easier to scrape off. Lets just say we all ate pork for a good couple of days after that.
(above) This is one of the ways that my community celebrates Los Carnavales which is a big celebration here in Panama equivalent to Mardi Gras. Usually most people go to the big cities and party in the streets and get drenched by the culecos who spray water everywhere but here in my site, they built this pen out of bamboo to ride the bulls/cows or as they call them, ¨Vaca Brava¨ (Mad cow). This went on for 3 days with dances at night time. Everyone was surprised that I knew how to dance their dance called Típico. Good times.
(above) This hill wasn`t a lot of fun to climb and at this point I still had another 20 minutes to go but I couldn´t complain about the view. This is about 25 minutes in a truck up the mountain from my site.