Nickname of the week: Pantopajaro (scarecrow) AKA Chase Alexander
Funny of the week: Rosie getting pooped on
Peppiest Team Member: Laura Moreno-Vasquez
Fashionista of the Week: Justin Davis
Achiever of the Week: Madeline Edwards
Best Tan Line: Abdul Aqaroot
Most Musical: Rita Collier
On-Site Photographer: Julie Westerman
"GWOW" Factor: Jade Jackson
In my opinion, there were three really awesome places that we went. The first was seeing the fruit bats on the way to the island restaurant. Brian told us to be very quiet and lead us to a tree that apparently had fruit bats on it. The funny thing is, no one could see anything on the tree; the bats were perfectly camouflaged. I know that I had absolutely no idea what I was supposed to be looking at until Brian scared the bats and they flew around us to a new tree. Even still, it took a few times of Miguel and Brian doing this for us to figure what we were supposed to be looking at. Next, was the island restaurant, which was awesome for two reasons; 1) it was where we got to rest, and 2) we got to eat there. They did not have regular water to drink, but coconut water. Once we finished drinking out of the coconuts, we broke them open to eat them. The coconut tasted very different from the coconut that we were used to back in the States. It wasn't as sweet, it was wet, and had a slimy texture, but most of us seemed to like it. After our much needed break and snacks, we went to our final location before heading back; we went to La Isla de Monos (Monkey Island). Miguel had a monkey friend named Pancho. Though the monkey was wild, it responded to his name and came to greet us on the water. Pancho was cute, but I think that the most precious monkeys were the mother and child duo that came to meet us on the water by way of an overhanging tree. The baby monkey was holding onto the side of his mother while she ate the fruit from Miguel and tried to figure out why were there and what we were doing. Then we began the long journey back to the beach. With sore arms and some sun burns, we returned to the shore feeling accomplished, tired, and hungry (we are always hungry).
Peace and Happiness,
Jade Jackson