A Day Trip Out of Oaxaca City
While in Oaxaca City, Stacie, Amanda and I took a day trip to some impressive sites outside of the city. We visited the Tule Tree, the Zapotec rug weavers of the Teotitlan Valley, Mitla archaeological site, Hierve el Agua petrified waterfall and El Rey de Mezcal distillery. Tule Tree Our first stop of the morning…
Andando en Antigua y Atitlán, Guatemala
(Originally posted June 2012) Stepping of the bus in Antigua, the hum of Latin America welcomes me back, despite Guatemala being a new stamp for my passport. The sound of chicken buses chugging up the hills, blaring horns and music spilling out of windows. The sound of motorcycles skipping around vehicles, pedestrians and stray dogs.…
Home after a Week of Goodbyes
(Originally posted August 2007) Hi Friends and Family, I’m writing this letter from my parents’ house in Madison. I arrived home yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning, I was lucky enough to run into Kate Heideman in line at the Airport in Mexico City. Turns out we were on the same flight and everything. It was great…
¡Yeah for Estufas Ecológicas!
(Originally posted in August 2007) Hi Family and Friends, Greetings, once again, from Cuetzalan, Puebla. I almost didn’t make the two hour trip into Cuetzalan today because I’m not feeling well. It’s hard to spend two months in Mexico without catching some sort of stomach/intestinal bug. Yesterday and today, both Rosa and I have been…
Campfires on the Caribbean
(Originally posted August 2007) Hi Friends and Family, This week’s update comes from the costal town of Casitas, Veracruz. Yesterday we finished the tanks that we’ve been building in Copales and decided to visit the beach on our day off. Yesterday, we left Copales on foot, caught a bus to Ayotoxco and two buses…
From Blisters to Calluses
(Originally posted July 2007) Hello Friends and Family, It’s been a very busy week and I’m not quite sure where to start. Last Sunday through Tuesday, we met up with our compañeros from all the other communities for a few days in Zapatitlan. It was a great reunion and it felt like meeting up with…
Rain Delays and Other Fun in Copales
(Originally posted July 2007) Hello Family and Friends, It’s Sunday afternoon, so you probably can already guess that I’m sitting at a small Internet cafe in Cuetzalan writing the weekly update home. Currently, I’m in route to Zapatitlan for a two day meeting with the entire Proyecto, all 5 communities together. This is the third…
This Week in Copales, Ayotoxco
(Originally posted July 2007) Hi Friends and Family, I’m enjoying a sunny, Sunday afternoon in Cuetzalan to go shopping, grab a bite to eat and of course, catch up with all of you via Internet for a few hours. I traveled here with half my group this morning, which for us is a 45…
My Group of Participants and Birthday in Zap
(Originally posted in July 2007) Hello Everyone! Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It was nice to hear a little something from everyone back home while I’m far away and sometimes feel a little disconnected from the rest of the world. Thank goodness for Internet. Ohh, ps, my boss mentioned that there was a…
Copales, Ayotoxco de Guerrero, Puebla, Mexico
(Originally posted June 2007) Hi Friends, I found Internet! I’m currently traveling from our first visit to the community back to our central point in La Sierra Norte de Puebla. All of the participants in the Proyecto del Verano arrive tonight in Zapatitlán, Puebla. My co-facilitator, Yssel, graduated a year ago in communications…