April 4th, I learn that the words I´m practicing are all inuendos

I was up by 8 this morning, assuming that the day would be similar to yesterdays. Instead, when I got out of my cabin and to the front of the campsite, Fernando was talking with Ramido, Noe, y Paty and told me to go inside and make some food. He wasn't feeling well because the previous night we had had some bad beans. I was feeling it a bit too but things weren't too bad if you know what I mean. He took a 30 minute nap while I ate. Somewhere during that period Ramido made eggs and brought Paty and Noe some breakfast. Paty told me to sit outside with them so we could all practice our other languages. Over the course of the trip, I've been writing down conjugations to different words and key phrases. I shared all of these with them and they were surprisingly enthusiastic. We sat for almost an hour with me saying words in spanish, repeating it in english, and then working on my pronunciation. I have a feeling there will be much of this in the future. As I like learning Spanish, they enjoy learning English. It's a nice trade off.

After a little bit of practice, Ramido and I set off onto the beach to search for turtle nests. He stopped at a small market to buy some cookies for the both of us and a water. I swear, this boy has so little, and still finds pesos to buy me cookies. I'm going to slip a ton of pesos into his bookbag by the end of this trip, HE WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HIT HIM. I'll leave a note explaining that its for all the cookies. We rode the beach for about 4 hours, and found nada. The turtle prefer to lay their eggs when the weather is cool and winds are coming in from the north. I mean I wouldn't want to give birth to 100 little eggs in the middle of the day under a mucho calor sun with not wind. That would suck, lets face it. Near the end of our ride, we pulled over in the shade. I had to use the facilities, aka pee behind a big wall with "Corona" painted on it. We then talked for almost 45 minutes in Spanish. It wasn't too monumental , but the small talk was good practice and the first conversation I've had in Spanish thus far. Yeah..don't ask me how I've been getting by. I don't know.

We got back to camp and ate the dinner Paty had been preparing. Haha everytime anyone asks if I cook, I tell them no...I like Cereal, they have a hard time believing that. I'm thinking most women here have a decent understanding how to cook and the fact that they think I survive off of cereal is probably crazy. NO MATTER. During dinner we talked in broken english-spanish and overall had an enjoyable meal. At the end of the meal, Kilos the fishman rode up on his bike. He's such a strange character-very nice, but so weird. That is probably why me and him get along so well. He makes really silly faces and speaks to me so quickly, then expects me to understand. I know he's probably joking unless he makes a very serious face. He does this when I say ANYTHING in spanish. Anywho, Kilos and I took the one ATV that is a little broken to the Mechanic about 3 kilometers away. We walked back and pretended to talk to each other. Actually, I can't even say that. I do a fine job making small talk. It's following all of Fernando's sexual inuendos I can never understand. He told me that everyone in the camp flows really well together and is always making some kind of inuendo. I told him I was never going to learn Spanish that way and that when I did get home, I wouldn't be able to say anything other that dirty jokes. We chuckled.

Now I'm at the internet place and winding down. I really do like it here. I've met some wonderful people thus far who have really made me feel at home. ALSO if anyone has questions, feel free to ask!! I'm going to get here as frequently as possible. In the case that I have a really long day, I probably will just go to bed, but I'll be as on top of this as I can be!