Day # 66 The welcome water fall

3/28/13

The day started early, a small group of us met up at the Peace Corps office so that we could get a ride to the Special ED dance and crafts camp. One of the volunteers started it last year. It was the last day of the camp so we got to see the final performances. It was so amazing cultural African dances, and contemporary dance. The performances were awesome organized and all the kids had costumes. They looked like they where having a grate time. I am hopping that this summer I can get involved with it. From there we went to Grand Anse and walked around a little bit. We had to meet the rest of the group at 2pm. When we got to the waterfall I knew that the day was about to got so much more relaxed. The rocks where smooth like a slide and there was a pool at the bottom that we could all swim in, it was fresh water. It was so much fun hiking, swimming and eating. All of the other volunteers brought us food as congratulation. So much food, chips, home made banana bread with the local chocolate in it, home made nutmeg bread, sandwiches and bagels. They also have a tradition of a peace cake, which they make especially for the new volunteers. It was a nice welcome party, we got to know some of them more and see them say goodbye to the volunteers who where leaving in the morning. It was amazing to see what strong friendships had been formed over time. Thinking that I will probably have that tight nit group of friends here as a support system, family and when leave, if I leave for the rest of my life. So we left the waterfall about 6pm, I took the buss with another volunteer and I headed to Salsa class.  The teacher had to cancel class so some of us went down the street to a local place that we can dance at. I got lucky that other people wanted to stay and dance. I can let that I already love this group of people, so nice, helpful and welcoming. There are people of all ages but a lot around my age. One of the guys stayed with me and we worked the basic steps and what we learned in class last week. We danced for a really long time; it was so helpful just going over and over the basics. I need to work on override the swing steps in my brain, I don’t want to forget them but I need to just work on salsa right now. Salas is so much fun, there is a big salsa seen down here. Its also  grate way to make friends with the local  people, pulse give me some hobbies outside of work.