Puerto Rico Day 3

Today was a fantastic day. I had been looking forward to today since the day that I had found out about the trip. We ventured out to the rain forest, El Yunque, it wasn't quite what I had thought. I was really expecting to see birds and amphibians, but they were too far out of site. As you can see the trees were very high up. If you listen to the video below, you can hear the sound of the Puerto Rican Tree Frog (Coqui) in the background.



This next video is of a tree snail found in the rain forest. If you listen closely there is a description about this snail.



After we enjoyed the rain forest, we went to a small stop to enjoy ethnic Puerto Rican food. As you can see in the pictures below, a lot of the food is fried. Inside the fried batter is usually either beef, chicken, shrimp, and crab. There is also your fried plantains with every meal.

We then spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach. During the duration of this time, we had three rain showers pass through. It rains for a very short amount of time, but can come down very heavy. At the beach, it seemed as though people came in groups and enjoyed listening to music and eating the food from the local strip of places to eat.

After enjoying our day at the rain forest and beach, a group of us took time to shop in Old San Juan and enjoy a nice dinner at Tijuana (a Mexican restaurant). We spent time reflecting on our trip so far and how it will apply to our classroom. We all spent time talking about the type of school that we work at and the amount of Hispanic influence. The majority of us have found that the Hispanic culture is not as prevalent yet in our schools. Although, our schools are currently taking a proactive approach on diversity training.