Saturday, July 23, 2011

Sugar Valley

Well, good morning.

Lucho giving a Chemistry class. Nice to have a refresher on things like entropy and the electromagnetic spectrum.

The lovely teacher´s assistant (and wife), Lucrecia, who later gave the class a crash course in ortografía and grammer.

Luis Mi participating in class. An all-around academic family!


Lots and lots of sugarcane, which is grown, harvested and processed all year round in the Cauca Valley.






Hiya, shuga...




Nap on Daniela´s shoulder.

Friends on a Saturday bike ride.

At Hacienda el Paraíso, a plantation which inspired María, the acclaimed romantic novel by Jorge Isaacs.



Spelling error at the guarapo stand, where they make a delicioso sugarcane drink.


Mmm más obleas.



Sweet wine grapes.


New pool at the neighbor´s house in Santa Elena.

An unusual sighting.

At Chucho´s house, a typical cauca home filled with remnants of the past.

In the barber´s chair.


Chucho, a real character, recovering from a motorcycle accident.



A found piece of wood turned crucifix.

Some of Chucho´s recent works.



Patacones, fried and flattened plantain chips.



A bit of street life.

Palmirando

Lovely mother to son poem, apparently made before Luis Miguel´s birth.

Lucrecia, Lucho and Luis Mi´s home.

MMMM!



Garage in the house! Cool.

At Luis Mi´s school... ¨First love! Noble pride of feeling loved¨.

Más heliconias.

Impromptu, and heated, 2-hour parent-teacher meeting... couldn´t imagine this happening in the States!


Police chair.