We woke up and ate breakfast, but this
time we were served pancakes and fruit instead of the more traditional rice and
beans. We met up afterward so that Adam and Kate could introduce the staff of
Horizontes which included Vanessa, Ronald, Geovanny, Pedro, and Maria. We also
heard presentations about the Guanacaste Conservation Area from Vanessa and
Ronald. The presentations were interesting, but slow-going since every sentence
had to be translated.
Then, we were taught
by Geovanny and Pedro how to plant trees in bags. We were split up into groups,
assigned various tasks like mixing soil, packing the dirt into small bags,
placing the seeds in, and then carefully arranging the bags in neat rows of
ten, making sure that they are all perfectly upright.
When we finished, we ate
lunch, and in the afternoon, we all traveled to the supermarket where we were
able to buy machetes. We returned to Horizontes, and of course had to learn how
to use the machetes. We got a lesson from Adam who took us out into a cow
pasture and told us that we must always swing at a 45° angle to avoid cutting
ourselves.
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