Second post from Eli

Although the people of the Comarca are faced with poverty and adversity greater than many of us could even imagine, there is still much we could learn from their culture. The resourcefulnes of the inhabitants was amazing. They utilized just about everything they had around them, from building brooms out of palm tree limbs to building entire houses out of bamboo. Unlike our culture, if something broke they tended to fix it rather than throw it out. Familiy and community structure seemed to operate in a different manner as well. The kids were offten free to roam from house to house in the village being watched by the whole community rather than only their parents. Most of the families welcomed us into thier houses and were more than willing to offer us what little they had, which is nearly opposite to the actions toward strangers that you see in the US. Coming from a culture that is often considered to place too much value on material things, it was enlightening to witness a culture that embraces the simple things in life.