DAY 5
This morning we woke up at 5 AM in order to make our journey
to the Amazon Animal Shelter. We had an unusually early breakfast, consisting
of pancakes with sweetened condensed milk and a hot milky soup. After quite a
filling breakfast, we made our usual 15 minute walk to the city of Infierno,
where we all crammed into a bus for a two hour ride, arriving at 8 AM. When we
arrived at the shelter, the owner showed us around, introducing us to all of
the animals in the shelter. Then, we split up into four groups of three to four
in order to complete various tasks. The first group: Jack, Justin, and Marisa
gathered special leaves to feed the monkeys, one of which pooped on Marisa’s
shoulder. Meanwhile, the second group: Davis, Autumn, and Makayla were busy trying
to fell a tree with a machete to put in one of the monkey’s cages. The third
group, comprised of James, Alexi, Matt, and Ben, completed a much lengthier
task of making a fence for the youngest peccary (wild boar), who has been known
to escape from his pen quite often. Mac,
Ricky, Sydney, and Andy helped build an extra door outside of one of the Howler
monkeys” cages, preventing their escape. Upon completing these tasks, the
entire group sat down for a delicious lunch, including beans, rice, lettuce,
and tomatoes.
After lunch, things started to lighten up, as there were
fewer tasks to complete. The group mainly worked on completing another fence
and feeding various animals. However, these tasks were completed rather
quickly, allowing for some casual time with a few of the animals, including
Rodrigo, a domesticated monkey who is very friendly. After another 30 minutes
of casual time with Rodrigo, the group got everything together and walked to
the bus for another bus ride back to Infierno. Once there, we had dinner with
our families and then took the hike back to our lodge. At the lodge, we did
come very interesting exercises with Johan exploring the type of leader we
might be and then talked as a group about tomorrow (Sunday) when we would be
spending the entire day with our host families. Lastly we had down time for
showers, talking and UNO.
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