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Peruvian Journeys

2011-08-21T17:27:00.000-04:00

The end of our summer assistantship became crazy as we attempted to finish the education in emergencies report and also complete all of our site visits and interviews in Peru as well during the same week. Because of scheduling conflicts we ended up with our last scheduled work week taking place in Peru, and the Peru office really wanted us to visit the Cusco office for site visits because that

VIP Movie-Going

2011-08-01T21:03:00.002-04:00

Nothing beats watching the very guapo man in Captain America at the VIP Theater in Panama City. This VIP treatment means that for $10 (the price of a regular ticket at home!) you get to lay back in a Lazy-Boy, have waiters come to take your order and bring your beer, wine, sushi, caramel popcorn, or whatever your heart desires (my heart desired a hot dog on this particular night), and watch the

Return to Panama City

2011-07-31T23:00:00.000-04:00

We’re back in Panama City and working furiously on our report which we hope to have nearly finished before leaving for Peru next Sunday. A beautiful Panama City skyline We took a break from the stress earlier this week to go get my hair cut. The humidity in Panama turns my hair into something resembling Diana Ross’ hair-do, it is truly awful. So I figured now would be as good a time as any

El Salvador Part II

2011-07-27T11:51:00.000-04:00

Friday we went out to the field again, this time to Pequeña Inglaterra. This village houses many refugees from another village which was destroyed by an earthquake in 2001. Hundreds of people died in this quake, and those who were left had to find another place to live, as their houses were destroyed by landslides and rubble from the quake. Plan helped them with immediate needs, and a donor

El Sal!

2011-07-22T00:15:00.000-04:00

Current stop on the summer whirlwind tour of Latin America: San Salvador, El Salvador. This country is truly amazing. This time of year the grass, tress, and mountainsides are all a lush blooming green and the countryside scenes seem to go on forever. San Salvador is your typical city, except that from wherever you are you can look up and see the volcanoes and mountains surrounding the valley

Quito & Guayaquil

2011-07-16T10:52:00.000-04:00

The last few days here in Ecuador have been quite adventurous for Leilani and me. We arrived on Sunday and started work bright and early Monday morning. A lovely woman named Doris from the Plan Ecuador office is escorting us around to the different interviews and chats that they have lined up for us here. Because our investigation and report will be on Plan’s education in emergencies programs, we

Quito: Part I

2011-07-12T00:19:00.000-04:00

I write this from my absurdly nice hotel in Quito, Ecuador. We arrived here yesterday (Sunday) afternoon after a very smooth direct flight from Panama. It was overcast and drizzling a bit upon arrival but since then has been this wonderful, crisp, fresh air weather and around 50-60 degrees. It feels wonderful, like a preview of fall weather to come. We're up in the mountains so the fog settles

The Modern City

2011-07-08T14:00:00.000-04:00

I wanted to take the chance to write a little bit about my perceptions of Panama City and the people here before we begin our travels outside of the country with our first trip to Ecuador this Sunday. Panama City is a remarkably modern and developed place. I knew that it was going to be more developed than any of the other developing countries I’ve been to before (Guatemala, Ecuador, Nicaragua

Change of Travel Plans

2011-06-28T12:18:00.000-04:00

Bay of Panama, with yachts in foreground and skyscrapers behind; storm rolling in Change of travel plans: Now-July 10 Panama CityJuly 10-17 EcuadorJuly 17-July 23 El SalvadorJuly 23-August 7 Panama CityAugust 7-August 13 Peru And then I am back to DC and then up to Maine for a relaxing vacation with the family. What a summer!

Work and Such

2011-06-26T21:48:00.000-04:00