Thursday, May 31, 2012

Above the Clouds

One Monday morning Heather and I took an early morning walk.  School starts late for the secondary school on Mondays, so we had plenty of time.  We started off on our walk, and saw this view:



It looks like the sea, but it is actually clouds in the valley.

When we got to the end of town, we saw the house which was recently built by a family from the regional capital.  They come up on weekends.  This past weekend they invited us in to see the house.  They have a great view from their balcony (actually two balconies – one on each level).  They weren’t there to see this view.  You can just see the ocean in the background.


This picture, taken from a short distance away, shows the ocean and clouds better.


On the way back home we passed the houses of elementary school kids who were going to school.  One mother asked us to walk her kindergartener to school.  Before long we had three kindergarteners and couple of older kids.


By the time we got to the school entrance, there were more!


Rounding the bend to get back home, we saw the clouds in the valley again.



Birthday party! 

 One of our good friends in the Peace Corps, Savannah, just turned 23.  We went down to her town for a party.  Here she is about to blow out the candles with her host brother and a couple of neighbor girls.


These three kids from our town couldn’t come to the party, but they sent Savannah their best wishes.  They know her from her visits to our town.

 The Adorable Incorrigibles

Here are all five of the kids in the family.  They are mischief makers supreme, but you gotta love ‘em.  As you can see, getting them to hold still is quite a challenge.



From top to bottom:  Jessica, Alex, Jorge, Jarisel, Armenio

You gimme fever!

You probably have noticed that we have not posted a blog entry in a few weeks.  We both came down with a tropical virus which gave us a fever for over a week.  We were pretty miserable then, but the fever is gone now and we are feeling much better.  It is still going to take a few weeks to get our full strength back, though.

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