La Cicaria, Robin Hood, and |Mami No Te Vayas

As part of our festive last week in Sabana, Franklin and Bam Bam promised us a "safari"to the campo...and there was even mention of caballos. Though Robin had no intentions of riding a horse, Kelsi and I were super excited. In any case, Bam Bam, Franklin, Robin "Hood," Mami No Te Vayas (Kelsi) and I (la cicaria..which supposedly means someone who is up for anythign..but im not entirely sure. i just like it because its a nickname other than rubia), all flew to the campo in the back of the pickup truck. We got to see Franklin's family's campo..which was HUGE! They had cacao..which you can suck on and its like a candy, or you can dry it out to make chocolate. They also had four little lagoons, tons of fruit trees (lemon, mango, tamarind, guayaba, and a bunch of other things that i have never heard of) and a really awesome river...that they were "bathing" in...which pretty much just means rolling around on their stomachs. At one point, Bam Bam picked up a vine that he apparently intended to use as a LASSO to catch a random horse that was eating alongside the road but, unfortunately, the horse was sick. Later, however, we saw some guys on horses passing through the campo and they graciously came down so that we idiot gringas could prance around on their horses for a few minutes...which we did. And it was wonderful. I am definitely going to miss our safaris!