Day 9. On The Beach.

I don't know why, but Im having a hard time remembering the order in which things happened towards the end so Ill tell what I think is right. We drove back out to a community that had just opened its doors to ecotourism so they gave us a tour of their village and even showed us how they make manioc. The youth ambassadors even got hands on experience with the process. Kevin on the other hand wanted a taste, but soon after found out that manioc is very poisons if you eat it raw. Oops! This community was very up to date with things like computers and is even planning to get wireless. After our tour we hit the road, literally, today we weren't going to be trekking through the jungle. It was going to be mostly dirt road so that we could be in an open area when it came time for the BGAN call. I think that our distance was only going to be about 5 or 6k, but for me this was the hardest day. The sun was beating down on us, it was very very humid and hot. I put a ton of sun screen on, but it didn't seem to help. We were allowed to wear shorts since we werent going to be on the trails and snake guards were also out of the picture! We walked at a very fast pace so I think everyone was dripping sweat. I tried my hardest to drink as much water as I could, but it wasnt even quenching my thirst because it was practically boiling in my back pack. We even picked up an umbrella off the side of the road to shade us for awhile until it got too heavy and annoying to carry. When we reached the BGAN I think I was the most tired and exhausted I had been the entire trip. The BGAN went a lot smoother I felt this time. We all took turns very nicely answering the questions and I had a lot of fun! Sierra even answered a question in Spanish!? One of the Bomberos held the umbrella from earlier over our head so we could see the computer screen. We still had a little while to trek after the BGAN, but it wasn't bad. I could feel my skin burning even though I had clumps on sunscreen on. My necklace that Baba gave me started to turn my neck orange from my sweat and sunscreen mixing together. When we finished the trek for the day, the trucks were going to drive us to where the boat was. Easier said then done. The AC felt amazing after being in the blazing heat for a few hours, but before we knew it we were stuck in the sand and had to push the truck out, not once but twice. Although the second time was a complete fail and we ended up having to just walk across the beach, which wasn't that bad. Everyone else got a chance to go straight to the boat to shower, since we were all absolutely disgusting from the past 2 days of being in the jungle, but the 4 youth ambassadors, bob and Kevin had to stay behind to catch up on our Gatorade questions. I was so at peace laying in the sand watching the most beautiful sunset of my life and listening to the others talk. Even though I was so dirty I didn't care and I realized that I could just sit in that spot for the rest of my life and be content. Although I wasn't about to pass up a shower... which felt amazing even though I could barely wash my hair. Once we were all ready for the evening it was back to the beach where the local community cooked... you guessed it. fish and rice for dinner. Tonight our hammocks were just laid out onto the sand under alittle canopy. I thought I was going to enjoy this, but this night was the worst night of sleep I had the entire trip. I couldn't get comfortable, there were bugs all over me even though I had my mosquito net over top of me and the locals were up late around the fire. I eventually did fall alseep. The most spectacular sight of the night was the stars. No other time in my life will I probably be able to see them that clearly because there are absolutely no other lights to interfere with there beauty.