On Sunday, our soccer team had quite the adventure out in the campo. We went to go play the team in El Penon, a small rural community. Because the trail that you're supposed to take to the field was flooded by heavy rains, we had to take quite the detour through insanely muddy trails upon which Mother Nature had unleashed quite the deluge the night before. A lot of the girls wore flip flops and ended up having to go barefoot, through muddy terrain filled with spines and ants. I had sneakers on, but still sank in up to my ankles on a few occasions when I wasn't paying attention. Everyone in the community who went to go watch the game laughed at us quite a bit as they strolled by confidently in black rubber boots or rode their mules through the muck. After over an hour of tramping around, we finally arrived at the destination.
Probably because we arrived so exhausted, we had our first loss of the season, but the field is the nicest one in the greater San Miguelito area, a nice change from the muddier, rocky usual state of affairs, probably because no one ever goes there. There was also a howler monkey howling away during the game, which was kind of wild and exciting if you think about it.
The way back was more of the same, but we found/stole lots of fruit along the way which made things much more bearable. Limes fresh off the tree, guyabana, and this crazy fruit called sincoya, which was literally the best fruit I've ever eaten in Nicalandia with a flavor unlike anything I've ever tried. And of course, the craziness of all my soccermates made it really fun trip, even if it took forever to wash the mud out of my clothes and shoes and I'm still itching like crazy from all the ant bites...
Sincoya
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