Colmada

1/23/08

today I saw the ranch and petting zoo for the first time.  they have horses and they seem to be very well taken care of.  they also have mini horses and ducks and a donkeys and goats.  I tried talking to one of the workers at the ranch in spanish.  He did not speak english so it was fun/funny to try to see how much spanish i could speak and understand with him.  I was able to ask him about riding and how much it costs to ride on the beach. after lunch we went to the Colmada, a very small store that we can walk to from our building.  it is so small that you can not go inside.  they just have snacks, like cereal and cookies, and rum, and drinks, and flipflops.  it was surrounded by some very poor houses.  there were a few very cute children playing in the street.  they did not have a lot of clothes and they had no shoes.  two brothers were pushing each other around on a broken electric bike.