Day 3 by Mia

Yesterday morning we woke up to a cloudy day, but was still really nice and the raindrops here and there felt really nice.  After we ate breakfast we went on a hike through the rainforest.  It was a really great experience.  The best part by far was seeing monkeys. We saw about four but they were really high up in the trees so we had to use the telescope to see them.  After the hike we got our stuff ready to go meet the host families.  They were very close to the Eco retreat.  All our homes except one live on the same long dirt road, and the scenery is great.  We are all all walking distance from the school and the Eco retreat.  We dropped off Presley and Graycen first because they live the farthest away from the school.  They have a very long walk.  After everyone meets their host families we walk to a nearby house for lunch that some of the community has prepared for us.  The food was really great and we all had a great time.  After that we walked back to the Eco retreat which was about a 40 minute walk and when we got there we were able to swim in the river.  The water was a bit cold but it was nice because of the hot weather.  After we went to the classroom to do some ciriculum where we discussed global issues and talked about the differences in our host families and what global issues they might have.  After that we walked to the house where all the chaperones are staying and did another personality test that corresponds to the Keirery test.  It was interesting to see where everyone fit. Then it was time to return to our host families.  We all walked back and had dinner and spent time with our families and played games and went to bed.