International Relations Boat Trip 2018

Last Saturday I tagged along with Isaac and some of his International Relations students for a boat cruise to Playa Organo.  We set off before the sunrise.  Everyone was in high spirits.

Will brought along his cerviche ingredients just in case we caught a fish.  You never know.

How about that?  The first fish of the day and it's still early.

The boat, Hermano Zorro, was a huge double decker catamaran with enough space for five times more people than we had.  We felt special.

We saw a whale!



There he is again.

And again.

The fish kept coming.

Some of the daredevils on board, jumped off this platform on the second level.

It was too high for me.

Even the lower level offered a substantial jump.

Playa Organo.

 We're back where it all began.
 

It was a serious fun day we won't forget.  Thanks again to Isaac for organizing the trip and making everybody happy.

El Dia de la Samaritano

Just a nice little surprise on Friday.  Students from the Tourism Administration Department celebrate El Dia de la Samaritano here at UMAR by surprising everyone near the exit at lunch time with healthy juice drinks. 

Pineapple people

Alberto gave me the tipoff hours before the event so I was ready with a cup on hand.

Umarela 2017

 Here we go again.  2017

The best lighting is always at the start-up.  I tried to get as many as possible with people hustling around everywhere.

           Brrrrr.  Snow women are icy cold.

                         

 

I've always felt skeptical about the idea of no two snowflakes being alike but at least it's true for here.



Here's Shanda, already warming up for her performance of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"  downtown.

I thought I was taking a video but I messed up in the dark.  I wish I could show everyone Shanda doing this flawless physically demanding dance on her toes.  This is the only record I have.

Here's Thor and his all-time favorite ballerina.

Pure glamour.

That's it for 2017.  Now everyone runs home to the people that have been missing them.  Now it's our turn to miss them too.  Bye, Bris.  Bye, everyone.  We'll see you in 2018.  Have fun.