English dictionary: cabin,
hut, or shelter, especially one at a beach or a swimming pool
Spanish dictionary: hut,
cabin; hovel, shack
Interesting what happened to that loanword when it crossed
cultures, likely at tourist resorts.
Language lessons aside, we took a trip to Las Cabañas this
weekend. Part of an old village of cabañas (Spanish language kind) on the
city’s river bank have transformed into a weekend hangout. The river is the focus and huts with
traditional food line the road up to it.
Julius (aka Junior), a Bolivian who grew up in Virginia, escorted us
around. In the procession of cars to the
river, we quite randomly passed his uncle driving out (note this is a city of
~3 million). Ten minutes later, we got a
call that his uncle was out of gas, so fortunately we were around for a small
rescue mission, which ended up cutting our trip short. Nonetheless, enjoy the photos!
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| Typical Food- all variations of rice and meat, except for the peanut soup |
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| "cabaña" selling different dough creations |
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| a monster truck! even Junior was slightly impressed when this guy forded river |
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| this random child would not stop hanging off the spoiler of Junior's car, despite Jackie's best ugly face. so to end the 5 mph thrill, we had someone hosing the front of their restaurant spray her |
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| cars filing to the river |
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| welcome to the river, respite for a hot day |
Even though it was cut short, it sounds (and looks) like it was a neat trip. I would have loved to see the look on the little girls face when they sprayed her with water to get her off your car!
ReplyDelete~Emily Fazio