Day 12. Shopping.

Up early, but this time not to trek. Some of us went for a run around town. It felt good to get my legs going at a faster pace again, but at the same time I really just wanted to relax and give my muscles a break. Breakfast always tastes better though after a run so I was happy I went and I got to check out some of Santarem. Breakfast was delicious. I had cinnamon roll bread I guess? With cold chocolate milk!!!! After breakfast the goal was to get all our videos done as quickly as possible so we could go to the market. We finished up all our exploratory questions, mainly the ones we were saving for the end anyways and did our last Gatorade questions that pretty much asked us to reflect on our entire experience. I guess that Gatorade will be using blurbs from our interviews for a mini series that will probably be online which is kinda cool! Once we had all our work done it was time to shop! We walked down towards the river where we were directed to for the market. Many of the stores weren't opened because it was election day. We were all kind of upset because we wanted to buy some things to take home for our friends and family. Luckily we came across a store that had just what we were looking for. Jewelry. I spent all my money practically because I didn't want to bring any home with me. On our way back we stopped for alittle and got ice cream and coconuts as refreshments. The walk back should have felt long and hot, but since we were so accustomed to it, it was over in a snap. We had some time to spare when we got back so Sierra and I went to the pool where some guy told us Canadians are good looking? And we said we were from the US. hahah That was what his friend told him to say since he only spoke Portuguese. After the pool we had to pack up our stuff because we were leaving for a lovely dinner that Shirley planned for us. We had to be there by sunset because the view was amazing. The word amazing doesn't even do it justice. We took a long a bumpy bus ride to get all of us there, but it was worth it. The meal was great, we all sat at a long table and just laughed and joked about everything under the sun for a few hours. It was the perfect way to end the experience.