By complete chance our visit to Earth University happened to coincide with Earth's annual day of celebration and engagement in the community. After a small ceremony (conducted completely in spanish) where a tree was planted and pictures taken, we were divided into teams and introduced to some of the students studying at Earth's La Flor campus. My group of 7 traveled with the director (Carlos) out into the thick bush that surrounds the Campus and began blazing a trail with machetes and sticks. The other groups traveled either to a local school to help repaint its interior or to a local river to help clean up trash. Despite the 100 degree heat in corduroy pants and the constant danger of being bite by one of numerous, venomous snakes and spiders the day was a huge success that gave us a chance to work alongside other students and see more of Earth's campus than we ever expected.
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