Boqueron Update

Greetings from Boqueron, Puerto Rico!

We arrived in Boqueron this afternoon after stopping in Lares for icecream from a very well-known shop (everyone has mentioned it to us) which has weird and wacky flavours like fish, chicken and beans and rice, as well as normal choices like chocolate and delicious fresh strawberry. The group took the opportunity to sample some of the local comidas criollas (traditional fried food - delicious!) before our long windy drive down through the mountains to the coast. We met the 6 students from Boqueron who will be spending the week with us and played a bunch of weird and wacky camp games to loosen people up...zip boing pow, giants wizards elves...then had a feast of pizza before taking all the students to their homes for the week. All the families were very excited to meet our students; and the teenagers from Boqueron are all lovely and already fitting in really well with our group. We're very excited for the coming week, we'll be up early to go tree planting on the salt flats and then spend the rest of the day hanging out at playa sucia which is apparently a beautiful beach (despite the name, which means dirty). The rest of the week will see us salsa dancing, going on a boat tour of another bio bay and cooking traditional Puerto Rican food!

WMST note: More pictures have been added to the slide show in the righthand column, make sure to check them out! Just click on the slideshow for a larger view of all the photos. Enjoy!