Well OK, maybe not exactly gourmet cooking but it was fun. I introduced some of the local kids to the joys of roasting marshmallows over a small fire.

Most of the cooking here is done over open fires but the kids never get the chance to do any of it. One day when I was in the local grocery store I found packages of marshmallows and thought why not. I haven’t met a kid yet that doesn’t like roasting them.

I did get quite a few long looks when I was setting up the fire in the open space next to the cooking area. What a strange Gringo they must have been thinking but who cares.

I did several of these during the trip and by the end we would have five or six of local kids getting involved and having a great time. I doubt that it will continue after I left due to the unnecessary costs involved in something so trivial but they learned something new and hopefully have pleasant memories of the experience.