Sunday was fungus day for CRNH! We went on a hunt for “stinky penile fungi,” as Karen called them, which were essentially mushrooms that looked like penises. Considering we have 8 girls and 1 guy in our group, it was pretty hilarious walking around making jokes about our search for the “perfect penis.”
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| stinky penile fungus |
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| our array of fungi |
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| jack-o-lanterns! |
After our penis hunt, we broke into teams of 2 or 3 and went on a scavenger hunt to find different fungi. The list was as follows: a lichen medley, a jiggly jelly fungus, a poofy (not popped) puffball, a cute cup fungus, a colorful coral fungus, a fungal-infected insect, grand and glorious gills or petite pores, terrifying toothed fungus, a dead man’s hand, and a ghost fungus. Bonus points were given to any group that found a Halloween fungus (by Karen’s judgment). After the scavenger hunt (which Carly and I won), they broke us into groups and we played a type of charades in which we acted out different fungal dispersal methods.
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| limbo |
We were then set free for the remainder of the day to prepare our Halloween costumes for the night. That night we all celebrated Halloween at Giovani’s, which was super fun! We got to carve pumpkins and everyone dressed in costumes! I was a bug, Libba was a leaf cutter ant, Korey was Waldo, Carrie was a genie, Julia was a gipsy, John was a wizard, Carly was a LOL cat, Lindsay was a cop, and Jenny was a pineapple plantation worker. Natie was a panda and Ronnie was a doctor. The teachers came out half way through the night dressed as little people with giant heads. It was hilarious watching them dance around!
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| Carrie getting low for "bite the box" |
The night was incredible! We played limbo and a game called “bite the box” that John introduced. The way it works is that you go around the circle and each person tries to pick up a box that is sitting on the ground using only his or her mouth. The person cannot touch the ground with any body part except his or her feet. Each round gets harder and harder because after everyone goes the box gets cut so it’s a little shorter. Most of the group did really well, and it was quite impressive to see how low people could bend to bite the box. Though it was somewhat weird being in another country for Halloween, the teachers did a really great job putting together a great celebration!
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| Karen and Matt dancing around in their costumes! |
The next day was a recovery/travel day. We boarded the bus and headed to a hotel in Cahuita. That night we were given a lecture about coral reefs. In case you havn’t noticed a pattern in these field trip entries, our nightly lectures usually prepare us for the following day. The next day we went snorkeling near the coral reefs! It was my first time ever snorkeling and it was AMAZING!
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