Mi amigo Luis and I kayaked to a river full of pajaros, vacas, caimanes, tortugas, y plantas diversas. Does that seem strange to you too? It was an interesting site to see cows in a river, hanging out with birds on them and around them, as well as turtles and alligators! Don't worry- I wore my life vest and crema del sol! Along the way, there were women washing their clothes along the lake in the fresh, clean water. This makes a lot of sense if you don't have water pumped to your house- just go right to the water! Even in one of the cities I stayed in, even in a wealthy home, the water doesn't run at night or a few hours in the afternoon as there are shortages. There are also rolling electricity outages from time to time. Sometimes we forget in Michigan how lucky we are to have such an abundance of fresh water- it's a good reminder to not be wasteful!