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January

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:08:00 +0800

(Bolivia / "You must be the change you want to see in the world.")
Jen made a worthwhile comment to me after my last blog post that I’ve become accustomed to listing out my activities and posting photos of them instead of reflecting on or going into depth about my ...
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Yapacani Rice Blockade

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:13:28 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: negative52f Keywords: Added: March 6 2010
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What's new with you?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:46:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
The question I'm constantly asking my friends is "What's new with you?" and the main reason why is because nothing new is happening with me! The latest news are as follows:-new baby arrivals-new job o ...
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The Best The Worst The Unforgettable

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:19:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Peace Corps Take 2: The Gambia)
Location: Morocco North AfricaCities Visited: Casablanca Fes Chefchaouen Merzouga MarrakeshThe Best: Miniature cakes avocado smoothies coffee fruit roses camel treks privacy Art Deco bui ...
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April 9th 2010

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:43:00 +0800

(Bolivia / PC Bolivia in Pictures... And Beyond!)
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Villa Feliz 2010 Yapacani

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:49:09 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: negative52f Keywords: Villa Feliz Yapacani Bolivia Catholic Church kids South America February Added: February 12 2010
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Ginger followup

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:21:00 +0800

(Bolivia / PC Bolivia in Pictures... And Beyond!)
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Hotel Parador Manuel Antonio Costa Rica

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:45:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
I recentely attended a wedding held at the Hotel Parador in Manuel Antonio. It was a beautiful hotel with great views well run facilities/amenities and an overall cleanliness that was worth the amou ...
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A Friday Full of Big Deals

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:59:00 +0800

(Bolivia / The Story of Ben)
Greetings be to all from the hot southwestern corner of Honduras! The dry season is in full swing here which means lots of dust and heat little breeze and no rain...for about 6 months. It also mean ...
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Life is short...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:53:00 +0800

(Bolivia / PC Bolivia in Pictures... And Beyond!)
Go Fast! Have Fun!Take Chances!Be Creepy! Eat Delicious Awesomeness to the Extreme!Eat to your heart's discontent!Cue the bacon explosion! Thank you Miz for the inspiration and Justin for the tutelage ...
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DECEMBER

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:31:00 +0800

(Bolivia / "You must be the change you want to see in the world.")
December was an exciting month (well for me) so this should be an exciting update! The 2nd I skipped our monthly rancher’s meeting to guide a short tour for a woman studying tourism in Loja and to ...
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And I Yelled to the Cabbie "Yo hol ...

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:40:00 +0800

(Bolivia / PC Bolivia in Pictures... And Beyond!)
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This isn't going to help your cause fatty

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:07:00 +0800

(Bolivia / PC Bolivia in Pictures... And Beyond!)
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Sherri and Nate's Wedding: Costa Rica

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:36:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
The brideThe groomNate and Sheri met each other while working for Maximo Nivel in Cuzco Peru and fell in love over the course of the next year. I was so glad to hear that Nate wanted to marry Sheri ...
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A few new pics from U-Guay and the campo

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:36:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Andrew´s PC Bolivia and Paraguay Blog)
Spent Xmas with a few friends from PC inPunta Del Diablo Uruguay a beautiful little fishing village. I didn´t take lots of pics here but if you´re interestedcheck out Emily´s album which is post ...
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Warning: Weepy Reflection Ahead

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:43:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Boliviaog)
It’s my last night in my site as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I feel surprisingly calm. Surprising is probably the best word to describe my time in PC. It’s been over two years since I decided to join ...
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Changing the World- Literally

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:50:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Boliviaog)
Christmas New Years the end of my Peace Corps service my puppy’s unwanted pregnancy and doubts about the future all add up to a very stressful couple of months. Or as stressful as life can be whe ...
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Yapacani Song

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:55:42 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: negative52f Keywords: Yapacani Bolivia Cultural Music CEDINC music South America Added: January 7 2010
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El Reino de Espana - por fin!

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:41:00 +0800

(Bolivia / You have a little blog on your shirt.)
If you don't mind I'll squeeze the last three days of our trip into one posting. Day #2 in Sevilla we decided to maintain our long-standing tradition of visiting museums off the beaten path...so off t ...
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New photos

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:50:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Globaleyes)
My housing situation has finally (after two months) improved a great deal. This is my newly cemented bathroom complete with a toilet (the non flushing variety)These beautiful kids are some of my new ...
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Yapacani Milk Buggy

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:11:33 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: negative52f Keywords: Milk Yapacani Bolivia Horses Carriage Buggy primitive forms of selling Added: January 5 2010
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Happy Holidays!

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:59:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
My last post was a bit of a drag and I want to let you all know it was written in a fit of frustration and anger days before I posted it and b/c I feel it is an important topic to be read by ever ...
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El Reino de Espana - melting in Sevilla

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:04:00 +0800

(Bolivia / You have a little blog on your shirt.)
Competing in the Amazing Race demands some athleticism. Mary runs marathons and I can plod along for hours....and honestly this was our downfall in Sevilla. It was sooo hot and we walked sooo far each ...
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Behavioral Issues

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:45:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
I'm sure a good majority of you have had a run in with someone who is passive aggressive. Wikipedia.org states it as:Passive–aggressive behavior (negativistic personality trait) is passive sometime ...
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El Reino de espana - in which we go to C ...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:29:00 +0800

(Bolivia / You have a little blog on your shirt.)
After a few days in Madrid we decided to take the show on the road and start the trek southwards to Sevilla. First stop: Cordoba. Status: closed. In yet another example of not reading the guide books ...
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El Reino de Espana - Toledo for no apparent reason

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:47:00 +0800

(Bolivia / You have a little blog on your shirt.)
Before going to Spain Mary and I divided the financial and planning responsibilities. I bought the plane tickets (because I harangued American Airlines into crediting me for a flight I purchased but n ...
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El Reino de Espana - in which we are cultured

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:27:00 +0800

(Bolivia / You have a little blog on your shirt.)
Day two: Still swollen. Mary and I decided that if we had time we would see the art museums that Madrid is famous for: El Prado and El Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Between the two of these museums is hel ...
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A Bolivian interlude

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:49:00 +0800

(Bolivia / You have a little blog on your shirt.)
Although I left off in the middle of my Spanish vacation (not like I've written more about it) I wanted to share some photos my friend Chela sent me yesterday. She just magically knows when I'm wistf ...
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NOVEMBER!!!

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:08:00 +0800

(Bolivia / "You must be the change you want to see in the world.")
November was a good month and seemed to pass very quickly. Saturday the 7th I celebrated a friend Paulina’s birthday with her and her family (the Martinez'...the f amily I always talk abo ...
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Gracias! November Highlights

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:28:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Boliviaog)
It’s December and my official close of service Is January 20th. I’m not gonna lie I’m totally freaking out. I have so much to do before I’m done. Besides all the PC BS paperwork I have to do ...
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Dancing with the Stars Campo Edition

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:37:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Boliviaog)
September was a month full of campo bailes. For the uninitiated the campo baile is a town dance takes place on Saturday a lot of beer and bad liquor is consumed the whole town shows up (unlike for a ...
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Thanksgiving was yummy

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:52:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
Thanksgiving came and went so quickly this year. We had a small gathering at one of my aunt's house played a round of pictionary and participated in a one man game of cherades. If you don't know what ...
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Yapacani CEDINC Don Bosco

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:47:57 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: negative52f Keywords: CEDINC Don Bosco Yapacani Bolivia Ichilo Santa Cruz Internado Added: December 5 2009
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Tam in the Gam- The Official Record

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:10:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Peace Corps Take 2: The Gambia)
Between the laughing and the crying through pouring rain and scorching heat after dropping dead mice down the latrine and before cooking mac ‘n cheese for the millionth time to quell the unstoppab ...
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Process and Vindication

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:11:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Andrew´s PC Bolivia and Paraguay Blog)
Greetings from sunny Paraguay. I´ve just come back from Thanksgiving weekend celebrated by about 100 PCV´s every year at the Hotel Tirol outside of Encarnación Paraguay. It´s a great week ...
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What News?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:21:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Globaleyes)
A common greeting in Liberia goes a little something like this."Morning-Ohh Ya'll right?""Fine-Oh What news?""No bad news""Thank God""Thank God"So that is what I say today. "No bad news".I am still ...
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Marshmallows Roasting on an Open Volcano ...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:11:00 +0800

(Bolivia / The Story of Ben)
Greetings constant reader. This update comes not from my fingers but from my long-lost 2nd cousin twice removed and once under the table Brett who is coincidentally working down here in Honduras as ...
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A Few Tidbits...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:04:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Alegría en Bolivia / 李喬在中国)
Okay you probably are skeptical at this point that I'm actually posting something on my blog since I haven't in 4 months but I figure now is as good a time as any to get back on the wagon.Newsflash! ...
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Creating Something from m-o-t-s-h-e-n-i-g

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:35:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Globaleyes)
In Liberia “tomorrow” is the perfect day for nearly everything and “later” the hour at which it should get done. I am sorry for the delay in this post I have been in country for almost a mon ...
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A little bit of Halloween

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:48:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
Hello Everyone!Roy threw a fun Halloween party and if you can't tell who we are we are Olive Oil Popeye Bluto and SweetPea! I think we look pretty good don't you?!Things with me are going great. ...
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Bot Fly Removal After Jungle Hike. Cusco Peru

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:19:41 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: BryanMLong Keywords: Bot Fly Movie Cusco Peru removal extraction madidi national park Bolivian Bolivia amazon south America parasite hike hiking doctor incision Added: November 15 2009
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The towel

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:57:00 +0800

(Bolivia / PC Bolivia in Pictures... And Beyond!)
You're right Kristin I am taking a break from this thing.
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October 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0800

(Bolivia / The Story of Ben)
I uploaded this video months ago and forgot to actually post it. It seems less exciting now because it was so long ago but whatever.
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October

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0800

(Bolivia / "You must be the change you want to see in the world.")
First and foremost October was the start ofwhich means lots and lots and lots of all sorts of mangos all over town. ILOVEMANGOS!!!In work news I was invited to participate in a World Food Day fair i ...
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Fotos First

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Globaleyes)
WELCOME TO LIBERIAWhat an amazing country I have stepped into.Liberia is a lot of things and I hope that these photos can begin to do justiceto this amazing country. Here is a typical road and at typi ...
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Dancing and Fire Jumping Kids in Bolivia

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:43:21 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: negative52f Keywords: Fire Rope Jumping Dancing Bolivia Gymnastics kids cochabamba Added: November 4 2009
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"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooool!!!!!"

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:58:00 +0800

(Bolivia / The Story of Ben)
A few weeks back a group of us around the clinic organized a trip to head into San Pedro Sula one of the big cities here in Honduras. The occasion? World Cup qualifier Honduras vs. USA. The stak ...
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U2 Concert in Vancouver BC

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:59:00 +0800

(Bolivia / Put some Karen into Your Day!)
Nick and I drove up to Vancouver for the concert last night and it was awesome! Bono's voice was going out but he still rocked out. I lost energy just after an hour of the show unfortunately and wish ...
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The Great Dessie Marching Band & Oth ...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:27:13 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: pfreundlich1 Keywords: Peace Corps '60s Added: October 25 2009
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The Great Dessie Marching Band & Oth ...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:08:23 +0800

(Bolivia / YouTube)
Author: pfreundlich1 Keywords: Peace Corps '60s Added: October 24 2009
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