Guatemala

The next day we got up early and went to another place. I honestly cannot remember the name, Derek can fill it in when he has the chance. We drove up and down some very steep mountains to get to a lake and nature preserve. There was a lot going on to get there. Amazingly the people would do farming on as much of the mountain as they could. They farmed by hand as far as we could tell, come to think of it, I saw road construction by hand picks also. No big diggers and such to fix the roads. Anyway, the farms would be all over the mountain side, no matter how steep it may be or if there was a cliff at the bottom! We talked about how we would be taking life into our own hands by going out to weed or cultivate. At the nature center we saw beautiful plants and banana trees, where my dad pointed out the fact that the bananas grow upside down not right side up! It was neat to see! They also had butterflies, humming birds, woodpeckers, monkeys, and another animal where my brain freezes what the name is. We walked on several rope bridges that were far up and freaky. Spencer kept bouncing on them and making waves scaring my mom and I.