The day started out as normal as we headed out to the work site. We dug, bent rebar hooks, and tied rebar. At lunch a fruit truck came by one of the work sites and we got 3 coconuts and 2 pineapples. The total cost was about 2 dollars and the seller cut the pineapple and coconut for us. On site the children from the family behind us came to the site and tried to help with the digging and carrying stuff. We played with the children by spinning them around, catch with gloves and kick a ball around. Children here start learning life skill young because at the age of 8 Juan Carlos helped his dad build the the second story of their storage shed. After we came back, we went to the weekly market. The market had mostly food, clothing and house hold items. The items are displayed in ad-hoc shops in tight corners. It was a very different experience than going to Walmart to get your daily or weekly stuff.
Written by Yen
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