It was a normal morning today in Infierno. We woke up at 6 AM once again and had Peruvian style pancakes. Around 7 AM, we left the shelter to begin our day's work. After our lovely 2 mile hike to the school, we started work in the garden (Ben, James, Mac, Andi, Alexi, and Ricky) right away along with painting signs (Matt, Davis, Marisa, Autumn, and Makayla) and installing curtain rods (Justin, Sydney, and Jack) in all of the classrooms. We continued to pair up with students at the school to plant the last of the garden. It's a great experience for both the students of Infierno and ourselves to pair up and work together to continue to build bonds and friendships. After finishing the garden work, a group of four (Ricky, Sydney, Andi, and James) went to the 5th grade of the secondary school to teach English to the students. We each worked one on one to correct their homework from the day before. The four students are learning comparative adjectives and we had the pleasure of tutoring them.
After the English class, Davis and James played chess against a student name Jose. Jose travels to Puerto Maldonado to compete in chess tournaments. We then went to lunch at our homestay houses and enjoyed a great meal with our families. After lunch, we went to the Handicraft Center to learn from three of the local basket weavers how to weave fans and baskets who follow the traditional weaving ways using Tamishi, a style of making with natural dyes from fruits and tree bark. We went to our homestays again for dinner and played with the kids before hiking back to Saona. When we got back, we were treated to a traditional dance called Tree Native by three local students from the local school who are part of some of our homestay families. They got us all dancing which was really fun. Now off to bed before our last day in Infierno.
After the English class, Davis and James played chess against a student name Jose. Jose travels to Puerto Maldonado to compete in chess tournaments. We then went to lunch at our homestay houses and enjoyed a great meal with our families. After lunch, we went to the Handicraft Center to learn from three of the local basket weavers how to weave fans and baskets who follow the traditional weaving ways using Tamishi, a style of making with natural dyes from fruits and tree bark. We went to our homestays again for dinner and played with the kids before hiking back to Saona. When we got back, we were treated to a traditional dance called Tree Native by three local students from the local school who are part of some of our homestay families. They got us all dancing which was really fun. Now off to bed before our last day in Infierno.
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