Indeed, another trip.

I went on another trip this weekend. Lots of excitement lately.
I went to a town close to my own here with my host mom and dad, called Janiuba...or something like that, to see a project going on, somehow related to my host mom's university courses.
A bunch of people from the college went, of all ages. The trip overall was really fun, but the project was a little boring. When we arrived there in this town, probably equal in population to the East Mountains, we stopped at the little farm we would be staying at, and had some coffee, crackers... fruit. Sort of met the area we would be staying, and then went on our way to see the project. The project is...well, I didn't completely pay attention, but the town is an agricultural town, based on production of fruits. And the largest river of Minas Gerais passes through this town, so they have this elaborate system of canals and such to water the orchards, and so we went to the diversion canal, and walked around in all the machines and such, and that was kinda interesting. After we went to the warehouse where they package all the limes from the area. That was neat to see, all though no production was going on. They let us take some limes for free, and of course, the Brazilians went crazy, and took literally SACKS of them. haha. Then we went to the orchards, which was really cool. I got to eat a tangerine right off the tree, and then some weird tropical fruit I had never seen before. The flavor was good, but had a semi-horrible texture, and apparently it's so acidic, that if it gets on your clothing, it burns it. For some reason you can still eat it though. There is a picture on my photo site. There were also orchards of mango trees, but that is so normal now. There are literally mangos in the street. The city is about to be completely overloaded with them, which is great for me, I love them.
After the orchard we went back to the farm where we were staying. Everyone was extremely hot and tired, and there was one bathroom for literally, 80 people. We set up tents and got situated. And to decide who got to take a shower when, everyone chose numbers from a hat. I was super lucky, and chose the last number possible, but ended up getting to take a shower 2nd, because the American can't go thinking that she has to wait in line to shower. YESSSSSSS!!
The house on the farm was super antique. All the lights were wired by hand, because surely, when it was built, electricity wasn't available. The furniture was all weathered wood, there was an old, sort of southern like porch in front, and a tile roof that was visible from inside the house.
At night, we had a barbecue, with lots of music and dancing, and it was really great. The project was more or less boring, but the party, was worth the trip times 10. Brazilians are so much fun, I dont know how to explain it. They have no inhibition when it comes to parties. They dance and sing and act crazy (in a good way), without any problem. So we ate barbecue and played cards, and danced, and talked until the wee hours of the morning. I finally can talk with people, so that is really great. I had bunches of conversations about the US, differences and such. Sadly, they think we just eat hamburgers, watch tv, and think we own everything in the world, but I'm setting them strait. ;)
I finally got to dance Fórro, which is this type of music I have fallen in love with here. Its kinda folkie...sort of, and has accordion. Its really upbeat, and great to dance to. Before my host sister left for the US, she taught me to dance fórro, but until this weekend, I had not danced with anyone else. So that was neat. The dance is, well, you are close to the other person, and its a tap with one foot, and then a step with the same foot, then you do the same with the other foot. And there are a bunch of tricks you can do. The guys at the barbecue knew how to dance, which was so refreshing, as guys in the US don't dance...of very few do, so I learned a bunch of new tricks, and had a great time. Goodness, the party was fun.
I went to bed at like midnight, because I was just so tired from the day and such, but the party continued on until 3am-ish. At 7, everyone woke up and then we left the farm. It was a great trip, lots of fun.