Tuesday, April 1

- Did indeed have a pretty busy day today.  Armando came in and we loaded up the truck in the morning, then set off for El Mono, where we opened up a new store and Armando had me explain how to fill out the forms.  The storekeeper, Sandra, actually seemed to understand, so we’ll see [...]

Monday, March 31

- Another day at the office without Armando.  Did some emailing/internetting in the morning, went to lunch with Robyn and then Nathan joined us.  Used the public toilets at the Mercado (attended by a pretty scary old lady that I eventually figured out was blind) since there was no water at the office.  Then worked [...]

Sunday, March 30

- Since our original plans for a ride had fallen through and there was basically no possibility of finding one in the wee hours of the morning, we ended up crashing at the dorms.  They were comfortable enough when I had stayed there with the artists’ delegation, but then the beds had had sheets and [...]

Saturday, March 29

- Went to Nueva Esperanza in the morning with Tomasa (survived another ride with the padre) for the celebration of the community’s 17th anniversary.  They had stuck palm branches along the road, built a pavilion covered with palm branches, and then we started the celebration with a short procession (carrying palm branches) to represent the [...]