El Avila and the Hash

This last weekend was a blast, in fact, I had so much fun that I forgot whether is was an A day or B day on Monday.  Saturday morning I woke up and went up the Avila which is a large mountain that sits to the North of the city.  I went with a group of 23 people and it was arranged by the middle school guidance counselor at my school, Jose.  He belongs to a four wheeling club called Club Meru Venezuela.  We went in a caravan of about 9 cars up and over the mountain.  We made a quick pit stop to have a hot chocolate and some breakfast close to the top of the mountain.  After that we headed to the Stone museum which was quite a unique experience.  To start with it was an interactive museum, but you must walk around without your shoes on and to enter the museum you must recreate a stone statue (it consists of three stones balancing on each other) and it was not easy to recreate.  Finally we participated in a variety of activities and it was a blast because we had to work together and few of the people from the club spoke English so we had a blast.  We continued the trip by going back up to the top of the mountain where we took tons of photos.  The highlight of the trip were the gorgeaous views from the mountain with the city on one side and the ocean on the other.  We made it back home safe and sound around 9pm and I crashed.  The next day I was invited to a Hash which is a club of "drinkers with a running problem" that exists in major cities around the world.  You start by running or walking a route that is set up by one of the club members.  We walked for about an hour up and down hills so it was a good workout.  Once we finished the party started.  We went to a members apartment complex and socialized.  It was a great time.