Monday, May 19 through Sunday, May 25

Sunday, May 25
- Mass with bonus wedding and baptism, wait at corner for a ride, made a salad, finished no-so-good book (Virgin Earth), and rested in hammock, but the ‘zancudos’ wouldn’t let me enjoy it as much as last weekend.
- Then laundry – was fine with the clothes, but got pissed off trying to [...]

Monday, May 12 through Sunday, May 18

Sunday, May 18, 2008
- Today was a perfectly lovely day. It was warm rather than suffocatingly hot, and I somehow managed to spend almost all of it reading in the hammock. Tomasa was not feeling well so decided to stay home rather than go to mass, so I swept the dirt yard a bit, then [...]

New photos

Added a few new photos here.

Monday, May 5 through Sunday, May 11

Sunday, May 11, 2008
- Went to mass with Tomasa and the ladies from next door. As it was a combined mass from the communities of Tierra Blanca and Bajo Lempa (also Pentecost and confirmation for about 70 youth), it was held outside at the Hacienda Nancuchiname rather than in the church. Which was nice b/c [...]

Pictures

Photos from my Costa Rica/Nicaragua adventure are here, and there are a few new ones here as well.

Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4

Sunday, May 04, 2008
- Weird day today. In addition to being very hot, it’s also now very humid on account of the fact that it’s been raining a bit more (including last night). I stayed in bed until 9am, although I hadn’t really been sleeping solidly since around 5am. Then got up, puttered around a [...]

Thursday, April 24 through Friday, May 2: Costa Rica & Nicaragua

Friday, May 2, 2008
- Spent most the day feeling ambivalent about being back – a few people asked me how my trip was but nobody seems to have really missed me. Did some emailing and internetting, including nice chats with Marcela and Gordon which helped me remember that, even if it’s taking me a while [...]

Wednesday, April 23

- Was woken up by loud firecrackers and a tinny-sounding marching band this morning at 4:30am – San Marcos’s “fiestas patronales” are gearing up.
- Took a “ruletero” and then got a ride with Wil into work, as I had left my bike yesterday. Possibly the hottest day yet – radio said 40 C in San [...]