Wow, where to begin? So much has happened in the week and a half since I last wrote. I’ve composed enough letters in my head to fill a small book. For those of you who are short on time, I’ll warn you now that I don’t think this is gonna be a short update.
Today I [...]
Hello from the land of Latin love,
When we arrived, the city, the whole city was watching the futbol (soccer) game between Mexico and Costa Rica. People sat in vigil around store window TV’s and shouting could be head throughout the streets as the game progressed. One solid scream of triumph containing the voice of every [...]
Sarah, a fellow volunteer teacher, and I loved to head out from the school and take long walks in the rainforest.
One evening, during a full moon, Sarah and I put on our headlamps and set off on a night journey. We met on the road and walked down the road with the moon casting a [...]
I traveled to the Islands of Bocas Del Toro, single and solo for three days. Boca’s Del Toro, which means ‘Mouth of the Bull’ in Spanish, is a group of small islands off the northernmost tip of the East side of Panama. The islands are in some ways similar to the Carribean islands off of [...]