The days starts with everyone just as excited as when we went to sleep.
We sit and wait after a quick breakfast to be "presented" to everyone before we begin the interviews.
The main lawn is empty besides our small group and no one is really sure what to expect.
Then, from our right, marches out a masked Zapatista followed by all of the children of the community wearing handkerchiefs and masks. They march around the lawn and stop in a line facing us.
The men come out next. The community leader who was wearing a grin and a "Vacation Club" ball cap yesterday, now looks rather intimidating in a mask and black leather cowboy hat. He directs the group through a few maneuvers and and then lines the group up facing us.
The women follow shortly afterwards, many with small children.
A color guard retrieves the Mexican flag and both the Mexican and Zapatista anthems are sung. After the anthems the groups disperse and food is served.
After interviews, I go caving with a small group of locals. What fun!
We go to three different spots and climb around through caves, check out huge cave spiders, and bang on stalactites which make sounds like a marimba.
Afterwards, more river, more food, more work. We finally go to sleep and are up again at 3:30AM to start trekking to the next spot.
3 comments:
Tim, you must be having the adventure of your life. Adventures are never all that easy while you are in the midst of them but they get even better as you look back on them. I am really enjoying living a little vicariously through you. Your articles have been great....
Thanks Scott!
I heard you had the whole family over a couple weeks back: a bit of an adventure in itself at times!
It's pretty wild, but I think about everyone at home often. Thanks for the note and stay tuned!
Hi Tim
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Keep up the web site. I'll be checking for updates, whenever you have the time...
Bye
Brigham
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