While yesterday we got a tour and did some light work in the heat under a tarp in Las Cabezas Reserve, today we will be doing much more work, and more gritty work in the same place. We will actually be excavating with the archaeologists in hopes to uncover some interesting items from the time that the Tainos lived here (approx. 400 A.D.) which ultimately will help the Puerto Ricans to understand their culture a little more. A detailed blog post from one of our youth, as well as photos, will be posted later this evening!
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
(Ben) Tuesday: A Recap of Tuesday's activities
Today we spent the day at Cabezas de San Juan, a nature reserve on the north east corner of the island. Our tour guide, Alberto, showed us around the mangroves and told us about all the ecosystems in the reserve. Then we went to the top of the hill on the reserve to an old lighthouse that was turned into a museum/work area for the people who work on the reserve. There we learned about bioluminescent creatures who light up the water as they are moved and had a chance to touch some of the creatures living on the reserve. After lunch we worked with archaeologists by sorting rocks from different materials found on the reserve. After we were done on the reserve, we finished the day with a dip at the beach right next door. Back at the house we had a delicious meal of rice, sweet potato stew, and beef with onions, cooked by our guide Hector's wife. Afterwards we debriefed the day by talking about how the day affected us and what we were looking forward to for the next day.
(Jackie) Tuesday: Photos
The start of our eco tour! Alberto was our guide and he asked for two volunteers (Christina and Maddie) to touch and smell the soil at the bottom of the water. Smelled of sulfur due to the plentitude of salt!
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