Paginas de Historia

woman selling atole de coco, a corn drink served hot, in Jocoaitique

Paginas de Historia, an event in the nearby pueblo of Jocoaitique to commemorate the contribution of foreigners during the civil war. 

riguas, another corn product... a corn patty of sorts
served with grated queso duro

Libros for sale

the alcade's grandson

Alcalde de Jocoaitique and Meanguera

please note, the stage IS the back of a flat bed truck

more art around the pueblo

Plaque listing the
names, nationalities and jobs of
 foreigners who partnered with the guerilla forces
 during the war.

jovenes drama group acting out scenes as we take a living history tour of the pueblo

ex guerrilla telling stories from his personal experience after the drama group finishes their vignettes 

street scene 

the new monument in Jocoaitique of a special forces guerrilla 

photos of various foreigners who were being honored

Musica en Vivo 

The moon on my drive home. :)

feel.

I've Learned that
people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou



Current Status: reading this over and over again as I feel a bit overwhelmed with my never shrinking to-do-list. 

Sheraton E4T recap...

Eldi Emily waiting in lobby for our first meeting with Sheraton HR director

The lovely Denisse Olivo, 

Directora de Mercadeo y Ventas, giving our second group of students the behind the scenes tour of the Sheraton. 

Touring the grounds.....

the spaaaahhhh

Cafe where coffee is free with postre... the postre is $6-$8 bucks!
Also the tasty looking bread in the background is fake.
Take note students...  "marketing" 

Bar/lounge 

resturant manager explaining the skinny

various buffet offerings by day of the week

checking out some wine off the reserve list

lunch break

After lunch the students broke into groups and job shadowed employees in the departments of Guest Services, Reservations, Restaurant, and Banquet. Each student did 3 - 2hr rotations and wrote a report on their experiences in each department. This will be reviewed when we return to Morazan. 

posing

the students pretending to make business deals and shaking on it...
 love these students

some students from the first group.... all dressed up to go to pizza hut
Thanks Mom and Dan for the pizza money. 
(embassy funds were not allowed for food or drink)

night swim after a long day
race you there and back! 

For more details and different perspective Please visit my friend Rosellen's blog post. I have also added her blog to my blog roll "The Khaki Khronicles.  She is one of the most motivated full of ganas.para.todo volunteers I know and I have much love and respect for this chica. Thanks again Ros for helping me out with everything. 

" Keep your face always toward the sunshine 

 and shadows will fall behind you "

- walt whitman

lifted

FINALLY. 

the tide has turned...

I can feel the one year slump being lifted and I'm once again movin my bare feet to new music in my living room, photographing my bliss, and playing my tiny guitar til my fingertips hurt, then lose feeling and finally have a vague tingle. OH and doing some development work in the afternoons … 






current status: thinking about investing in nylon strings.

Mango Madness

 Blissful lazy days

Back to the campo highlights include:

Backyard Hammock Reading

Toucan sighting from said hammock

Shaking the shit out of my mango tree and winning 

one fantastically ripened to sweet and juicy perfection mango.

Hungry for more 

I pick up a stray piece of long plywood (you don’t have this laying around your yard?) 

and beat down another larger yet-to-ripen to sweet perfection mango. 

Treat for another day?

5 star experience w/room for improvement

things i must remember to tell the next group:

only the little waters are free the big one costs $3
how the elevator and escalators work (and that they are safe)
use of electronic keys
phone calls cost dinero
turn both nobs in the shower as not to burn yourself
flush the toilet with the button on the back
how the air-condition works
where the television is hidden
how to call my room phone from their room phone