We spent this happy holiday wandering around Yalbac with Cleofo, Ernesto and Stanley (Cleofos oldest son). Overall it was a good day. We located a couple of sites to survey while Cleofo is away working, and set up plans for the remainder of the week. We also took a quick tour of Cleofos milpa on the outskirts of Valley of Peace.
When we returned to Banana Bank, we switched rooms. This one is much smaller, with only two beds and one small room, but it has air conditioning and HOT WATER!!!!! You could hear the hallelujah chorus as I took a very hot shower after my long day.
I forgot to mention from yesterday that, while we were not even halfway through the first survey when I sat down on a log and ripped a sensitive part of my jeans. The open air flow was nice, but the exposure was not. I have sense retired those jeans and will repair them when I return to my sewing machine ;) Also, we have been having the worst time with ants. They crawl into our shirts and start stinging us. Today, they weren't as much of a problem, but the last few days have been major stinging ant days.
Can't believe it's already 2013! This field season is already half over.
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