This past week we had a couple of cool and crazy things happen here in Venezuela. The dry law of no liquor sales or bars was extended another week by the government starting this past week's Monday. It ended up being lifted on Saturday after all. Which also happened to be the day that the presidential candidate, Henry Capriles Redonski came to Merida. The election is currently between vice president Nicolas Maduro and (Chavez previous opposition) Henrique Capriles Redonski. These are the two main candidates of the six that declared candidacy. Maduro is a Chavista attempting to follow in Chavez's footsteps and use his predecessors success to catapult himself. Capriles is revolutionary advocating change and better things. I also played basketball this weekend in a Venezuelan league after one of them saw me play around and wanted me to be on their team. It was interesting to play basketball in another country in a real game using the international ball. They also are a lot softer when they play and call more fouls. They say that any kind of contact is foul which is crazy compared to how people play at the YMCA in Wauwatosa.
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| Playing with them at the local park |
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| Could of been a scene right out of the fast and the furious |
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| Venezuelean Mcflurrys |
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| The day the dry law was lifted |
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| An expensive bottle of local rum |
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| This delicious but very spicy salsa I made with food from the local market |
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