Saturday was our trip up to chi chi. Unlike our other trips this one was planned entirely by the students. The plan was to take a mini bus to Minerva where these guys ask you where your going and then try to drag you into their bus. Once we found one that was headed to chi chi we all hopped on. Keep in mind this was no New York city bus. We got on at 2 or maybe three to a seat. When we thought the worst was over they have one driver and one guy who hangs of the side of the bus yelling for peple to hop on. People got on and of but there were more than 50 cramed into our bus. The windy clifs this guys was flying around (a three hour trip we made in 2) made everyone a little nervous but we got there alright.

               At chi chi we checked into a cool little motel. We went to dinner later that night and it was a lot of fun eating with everyone again being in homestays prevents some group interaction. The rest of the night was not that exciting because we were all kind of tired and went to bed early.


              The next day we woke up and had a free breakfast thanks to Ellas negotiating skills, and prepared to head of to the market. It was intense, everyone knows exactly where they are going and have no problem grabbing you to get by, headbutting, or the most common elbow. Some streets are not as popular but trying to weave in and out of these 4 foot women was a challenge in itself. There was a small festival that I do not know the name of. They had saints they carried which we though was cool. Every once and a while they set up a tube and pack some kind of firework and light it. I was with Kelley and Ella at the time and people start moving past us so we didnt know what was going on until what we thought was a bomb went of 3 feet away from us.

 

       At the end we all had fun it was a good experience and were back in Xela