Thursday, December 21, 2006

San Antonio Huista


I´ve been in San Antonio almost a month now, and I finally have a few pictures here. The picture to the left is the view from my room. I rent a room in a house with two grandparents, an aunt, and four grandchildren. They have a busy shop downstairs, as they have a good location across the street from the market. As can been seen in the photos, my room opens onto the terrace where they dry coffee. Everyone here seems to have a plot of coffee.
The other fruits in the photos are coyol (which is a mini coco) and jaboncillo (which apparently can be used to wash clothes, but it didn´t work for me).
The feria pictures (and the ferris wheel) are from last week when the town celebrated the Virgin of Guadalupe Day.
We have a week of vacation now, so I will work on taking more pictures.