Our second day in San Luis all the students in our program met up at the local pulperia (convenience store), hopped in the back of "El Blanco"(the institute's big white van), and drove to my homestay abuela's house. Mi abuela (grandmother) charges for entrance to the waterfall, but locals get in for free - we had to pay the first time but after that we can go whenever we want.
Walking to the waterfall took twenty minutes or so, and even though it was drizzling and cold, it was a beautiful walk through the woods along the river. The entire time all of us students swapped stories about our first two nights with our homestay families - everyone had such different experiences. When we got to the waterfall it was freezing but I decided to swim anyway
since I had worn my bathing suite under my clothes. I think it was seriously the coldest water I’ve ever swam
in… but it was refreshing and certainly felt nice to get out of the water again. Above is a picture of some of the girls and I swimming near the waterfall.
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