La Regenta

La Regenta is the title of the book I've been reading nonstop all week! It is 1115 pages, and in Spanish!! It was probably one of the most difficult/time consuming things I've done here, and I'm pretty proud I finished :) But other than that, this week's been crazy.

I went to a beech called Celestun last Saturday, which is well know for the flamingos that go there to eat shrimp. There is also a petrified forest, something called an ojo de agua, or eye of water, which is where the water is fresh and not salty, but it's in the middle of salt water, like a little spring. The water was red which was interesting from the roots of the trees near the water, and really cold, but we swam anyway just to say we did :)

Then this week's been really fun because just about every night Rommel (my cousin) has come over to our house, and when he and Jabes are together, the laughter never stops :)

Also on Wednesday I finally went to where don Venus was born, a pueblo called Santa Elena, and I met his mom (she cooked for us- beans and eggs and handmade tortillas-mmmmm) and his siblings which was fun- 1 sister, 2 brothers. It took a long time, but it was a blast, and there is also a museum in the cathloic church in Santa Elena where mummies were discovered from the Mayas, which was interesante! Very cool, and on the way home, we were driving and Marbella said she thought she saw something cross the road and hit the truck going the opposite direction than us. So, we stopped to look at what the truck hit, and sure enough, it was a little jaguar! It was a little bigger than a cat, but with spots and very big feet. And very cute- it looked stunned from the collision, but it was still breathing, so I think it'll be ok. Don Venus wanted to bring it with us, but we didn't, thank goodness :) But it was very cute, and I can't believe they still exist here!!!

But I'm definitely ready for the weekend, and hopefully some sleep :)