Volcano

Yesterday the cousins got evacuated from their house because the Fuego Volcano was erupting. If you click on the link it tells you a little more about it- they had to evacuate thousands!  The cousins came yesterday afternoon, so we have a full house now- the three cousins, the aunt and Chochy´s mom.  We think we can see some of the erruption from the house- there are a bunch of clouds that look foggy and last night we could see a lot of lightning in them.  It was pretty cool looking.

I got to experience opening up a coconut with a machete yesterday afternoon.  That was interesting.  It also was my first time trying fresh coconut meat- it was really good.  At first, it´s disappointing because it´s not sweet.  But I decided that it tasted kind of like a nut, and I got used to the taste.  I also tried fresh coconut water, which I have had before because you can buy it in the States, but I didn´t like it very much.  Though it is definitely better straight out of the coconut rather then what you can buy packaged.  We worked really hard to get the meat out of the coconut afterwards, using knives and spoons.  It was difficult! I think I did two and half coconuts.  My hand hurts still- oh and I cut one of my fingers using the knife.  Haha, that´s the second time I´ve cut my hand in the past week- last week it was while cutting watermelon!  Last night Chochy boiled water, sugar, cinnamon sticks and added blended coconut and milk to make coconut ice cream.  Today she put it in little individual plastic baggies(that´s how they make their ice cream), so this afternoon it will be ready to eat.  Yummy!