Wilderness Woman

I feel like one.
Yesterday afternoon Ashley, Javier, Aiden and I went to the small farm to feed the animals. Well Javier tended to the animals while we lounged around. I was drinking a beer, sitting on a bench chewing on fresh sugar cane watching the cats play and listening to the chickens squack. It amazes me how self-sufficient they are here. Oh yea, and I saw a chicken/rooster thing up in a tree! crazy. Also on the farm, lives a cat with no tail. I call him a Cabbit because he looks like a mix between a cat and a rabbit. He's adorable. I want to steal him for Kat my co-worker, who is an animal lover. The Cabbit cannot walk straight because of his lack of a tail. Ashley told me he fell off the top of the bench once. Poor guy.
I have learned A LOT about the culture here. Did you know that they think America is just New York. Or they assume if you're from America you are from New York because it is such a huge city where they would go to live and find work easily. I thought that was interesting. Also, no one reads here. They can read and are literate but do not read for pleasure. They think it's strange that Ashley and I can bury ourselves in a good book for hours.
I have come to really love Javier's family, my new nephew and this great experience called "traveling." This experience has made me realize how much more of the world I want to see.