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So Far So Good!

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:59:00 +0800

(Honduras / La Vida Catracha)
Hola a todos! As you know H16 arrived safe and sound in Honduras a little over two weeks ago. Since then the Peace Corps Honduras staff has kept us super busy with pre-service training (PST). We hav ...
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birth birth birth birth

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:33:00 +0800

(Honduras / Hayley in Honduras)
muddy fingahs!!!!!birthday partyyyyyymud cake and a mud heart!!FELIZ CUMPLEANOS JILI SORPRESAme and igor on the kitchen floordouglas the great chicken wrangler.thankfully the toy is covering his busi ...
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Scorpion in the bathroom and laundry by hand

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:31:00 +0800

(Honduras / Next Stop: Honduras)
Saludos again from Honduras! I’m still having a blast and learning a lot. The following are a few paragraphs highlighting some of the things that have been going on here. I´ve summarized the paragr ...
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Little of This Little of That

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:57:50 +0800

(Honduras / Hiding in Honduras)
Not much to say today…It´s Saturday – we made it through another training week and some Sat. school. Today we are hiking to some nearby waterfalls with some other PCTs so that should b ...
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Bad Education

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:55:26 +0800

(Honduras / The Banana Diaries)
Well I had a hard time leaving Nicaragua and admitedly felt quite depressed about coming back to Honduras and La Zona. However a week has passed and I’m feeling much better I think largely bec ...
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BARBARA JOE. About her Book: Triumph & Hope

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:45:17 +0800

(Honduras / YouTube)
Author: cubanotes Keywords: Added: March 12 2010
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Luz Lucero and a decidedly positive busyness

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:39:00 +0800

(Honduras / Dan and Emily in Honduras)
Luz Lucero and a decidedly positive busynessMany of you will have already heard us speak about Luz our kitten who is quickly becoming a cat – if not in size then at least in attitude. We’ve al ...
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Back to Work...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:34:00 +0800

(Honduras / Adventures in Catacamas, Honduras)
Almost a month has passed since our last blog entry. My how time flies. We will be living back in the States before you know it. School has started back up and we are both working on several thing ...
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So it´s all abowt the teeth eh?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:03:00 +0800

(Honduras / Un viaje a Honduras)
Once again Dr. Bill Kerr´s Canadian dental team has come and gone leaving a trail of clean healthy teeth and encouraged kids with toothbrushes in hand. The team did a wonderful job and actually saw ...
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Hola de nuevo!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:32:00 +0800

(Honduras / Hallando Honduras)
Our second week has passed in a flash so we thought we'd pass along some more info. This week was much different than the first. We've started real spanish classess which last about 4 hours a day in ...
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Dinero

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:23 +0800

(Honduras / Sarah in the Peace Corps)
Big announcement. I HAVE WIRELESS INTERNET. This is huge ya’ll. Really huge. I bought a little modem for the phone company that plugs into the UBS port.Im one of only two or three people in t ...
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From Colombia to Colombia

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:09 +0800

(Honduras / Somos Americanos)
I had been in Colombia for a while when the fog lifted and a moment of clarity hit me. All of the sudden I found myself on a plane destined for a city in which I never thought I would end up. I had ju ...
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First post from mi casita

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:20:00 +0800

(Honduras / ¿Qué honda con esa gringa?)
Hey crew!Just a quick post to let you guys keep tabs on me (for those of you not doubling up on Facebook)!I finally got a phone and wireless modem today. It was supposed to happen last Wednesday ...
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It´s Hard Being a Housewife

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:23:58 +0800

(Honduras / Hiding in Honduras)
Today marks 2 weeks in Honduras! In some ways it seems like it has been a lot longer but the days also go by pretty fast. We have already learned so much about Honduras and its people – imagine what we will know in 2 years! One thing I´ve learned is there is a lot of [...]
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Changes

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:25:00 +0800

(Honduras / La gringa en Honduras)
I've made some changes and updates to my blog. I know this is irrelevant for many of you since you're reading my entries via e-mail or Google Buzz but I'm pretty happy with the new look. Lately I've ...
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Barbara’s Library Talk March 8 & O ...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:56:00 +0800

(Honduras / Peace Corps Honduras)
Dear readers Yours Truly your ever faithful blogger still has not had time to write up the last Honduras trip. If you want to go back to the posting of March 28 2009 on last year’s trip you wil ...
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Name Change

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:12:23 +0800

(Honduras / Warm Milk & Fried Bananas)
I thought long and hard about this but in order to give full justice to the people and culture of Honduras it was necessary. The staging and flight went down without a hitch. We arrived in Tegucigal ...
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Workin' Man

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:38:00 +0800

(Honduras / Miles in Honduras)
I have come to realize that this blog is getting updated so infrequently that I can no longer really describe to you guys what my life is really like. I’m learning something new everyday and have d ...
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Thieving Vultures

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:21:30 +0800

(Honduras / HondurasBlog - Peace Corps adventure)
I had been sitting in the shade after irrigating and picking corn from the milpa talking with Leroy shucking corn just before lunch while he did his homework. Out of the corner of my eye I saw th ...
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:18:44 +0800

(Honduras / Sarah in the Peace Corps)
I think I am having problems with my host mother. All the other PC volunteers feel bad for me because she has proved to be the strictest and least communicative of all the mothers in our neighborho ...
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Laundry 101

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:50:23 +0800

(Honduras / Kathryn's Honduran Life)
If there is a hell then this is it. I mean the only way doing laundry could be worse here was if someone were to blast rachera music while I was doing it which sometimes happens. So I’d thought I’d share with you how I do my laundry so you folks at home can be [...]
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more pics goodness I like fast internet

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:38:00 +0800

(Honduras / 27 month adventure)
This is me a few weeks ago talking to a lab tech at a water analysis lab. Talking to another water institution with my friend Xiah. It was a bit of an information sharing and contact building meeti ...
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updaters

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:28:00 +0800

(Honduras / 27 month adventure)
Happy Belated Birthday to Jack!Ok so the problem with not writing for a while is that a lot has happened but getting the right dates and order plus just trying to remember everything is hard.The oth ...
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When The Host Parents Are Away The Kids ...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:20:36 +0800

(Honduras / Hiding in Honduras)
So our host parents went on a day trip today to the department of Choluteca (nicknamed CholuTexas) to visit a sick uncle of our host dad. They felt terrible about leaving us so they put their son in ...
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Hola de Honduras

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:12:00 +0800

(Honduras / Next Stop: Honduras)
Hola desde Zarabanda Honduras! I’ve arrived safe and sound after a very easy and painless day of travelling. I am glad to have finally made it after so many months of sitting around waiting during ...
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In honor of my nephew for his b-day!

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:07:00 +0800

(Honduras / ¿Qué honda con esa gringa?)
So I´m trying to be quick...I´ve already been on the Internet for an hour.Anyway like the title says a shout out to my lil man Cade back home who is turning 4 tomorrow! I love you Cade!! ...
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Ridin´ High

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:59:00 +0800

(Honduras / ¿Qué honda con esa gringa?)
(Hey guys I wrote this post for you on March 1st!)We’ve only been here in Hondu for five days yet we’ve heard repeatedly that there will be highs and lows. For the most part we’ve been getting ...
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Nuclear 1

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:29:26 +0800

(Honduras / Nina's Buick)
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finally have some movement in camasca

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:40:29 +0800

(Honduras / Life in the Banana Republic)
Friday March 5 2010 This last week has been busy and great! My project director said that I shouldn’t take too much on and I know she’s probably right but I just function so much better when I ...
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Holy Moly Pictures!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:55:00 +0800

(Honduras / 27 month adventure)
Hey thanks to the miraculously fast internet in the capitol I can upload a lot of photos.Yeah! My kitchen in the apartment. Pila in the back. My apartment the counter and living room. One photo of ...
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Pupusa

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:39:56 +0800

(Honduras / Sarah in the Peace Corps)
Hola todos. Everything is still going really well. The weather is absolutely amazing. Have I mentioned that yet? Oh and every direction you look is a view of mountains covered in green trees and coffe ...
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Typical Training Day

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:20:12 +0800

(Honduras / Hiding in Honduras)
Here we are again! We have received some questions about what exactly we´re doing and what our days are like. So here goes… 5:45 Wake up cold shower get ready (technically our shower ...
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hn39.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:12:00 +0800

(Honduras / -vida-)
alright it's been somewhat of a crazy two weeks or so and it's difficult for me to recount everything all at once but i will do my best. i guess i can start with last week when i had what i think ...
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Nicaragua - volcanoes scorpions and re ...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:24:30 +0800

(Honduras / The Banana Diaries)
I am here in San Juan del Sur on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. I will be starting my trip back home tomorrow so I figured while I have free internet I might as well write a little update. Quick summary of where I´ve been: went immediately from Managua to Granada the oldest [...]
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Yo Merezco camp and closing up

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:20:00 +0800

(Honduras / Sarah's Honduran Adventures)
Hello! It's been quite a while since I've written but I wanted to update those who don't know about the camp that I organized with another volunteer for our youth groups. It was a four-day camp i ...
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So You Want to Tell a Story? Good Luck!

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:02:21 +0800

(Honduras / Nina's Buick)
One danger of claiming “I am (a) ______________ ” or “I believe in ___________ ” or “I agree with ___________ ” is that we humans possess a remarkable ability an ...
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Musical Instrument Drive!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:35:00 +0800

(Honduras / La gringa en Honduras)
I’m looking for musical instrument donations! I am currently working with the director of the art school here in Cantarranas (La Escuela Municipal de Arte de San Juan de Flores). It's great that the ...
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Barbara Returns from Honduras Library B ...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:23:00 +0800

(Honduras / Peace Corps Honduras)
Hello faithful readers sorry to have been out-of-touch for so long. Just returned from participating in medical brigades in Honduras. I will be posting a report on my trip later this month. Meanwhile ...
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Life continues in Camasca

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:04:39 +0800

(Honduras / Life in the Banana Republic)
Sunday February 28 2010 How is February almost over? It’s weird time passes strangely here. The days seem to pass so slowly but I feel like it is always morning or night here and the weeks as a ...
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There’s Nothing Like Family…

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:44:00 +0800

(Honduras / Bryan and Life in Honduras)
Greetings again from Honduras. I have officially been in Honduras a year and what a journey it’s been so far. A year ago I arrived here a curious man in his mid twenties searching for adventure ...
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An actual conversation

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:39:00 +0800

(Honduras / Predictably Liberal)
Me: Hey Ted what's the best way to spend $80?Ted (my brother): Uh on law school application fees?Me: Yes but what kind of law schools?Ted: The kind where you're probably not going to get in?Me: Cor ...
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Spectacular spectacles

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:30:55 +0800

(Honduras / Kathryn's Honduran Life)
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A year and counting. . .

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:41:12 +0800

(Honduras / Kathryn's Honduran Life)
So yes I know it has been a very long time (again) since I have written a blog. Fortunately I have been in contact with the only person who reads it (my mom) since the last entry. To be honest I h ...
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Parking Penthouse Rendezvous

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:09:04 +0800

(Honduras / Nina's Buick)
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Granny Panties

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:43:32 +0800

(Honduras / Sarah in the Peace Corps)
We have had more language classes and intense lectures on safety this week. The weather is amazing and makes classes outside under giant lemon trees so enjoyable. Those of us that were pale as snow ...
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Mosquito Nets & Malaria Pills

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:42:04 +0800

(Honduras / Hiding in Honduras)
Two posts in one week can you believe it? We are back in Valle de Angeles for church this morning and now a bit of internet. We had some pictures to post but turns out our external hard drive is ...
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La grina que no podia limpiar...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:53:00 +0800

(Honduras / ¿Qué honda con esa gringa?)
For those of you gringos at home my title is the white girl that couldn´t clean. I´ve been taught how to wash dishes and wash clothes without running water. I was watched while cleaning ...
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Hoy es mi premir dia

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:45:00 +0800

(Honduras / ¿Qué honda con esa gringa?)
I’m going to write this blog style even though it won’t get posted until who knows when. Basically I feel I need to get it down because this is day 1 of about 820. Seems long when I say it like t ...
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Roatan

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:09:00 +0800

(Honduras / La gringa en Honduras)
I just got back yesterday from a week of vacation on the island of Roatan with my parents sister and Neka. It was amazing to say the least. Roatan is one of the Bay Islands off the north coast of Ho ...
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The quality of this picture isn´t great ...

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:46:57 +0800

(Honduras / CP in PC)
The quality of this picture isn´t great but it´s an image of me Michele John (another Aspirante) and some of the neighborhood kids. Miguel Ernesto is standing in front of Michele and Mariela is in the pink outfit. Aren´t they cute!?!?!
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