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Two hours until our departure from the Bajo Lempa, and I’m finally writing a blog. Thus, let me get to straight to the underlying theme …
Two hours until our departure from the Bajo Lempa, and I’m finally writing a blog. Thus, let me get to straight to the underlying theme …
Catching up on TV shows. Looking at Facebook photos. Writing a final blogpost…. These are all the usual activities for the days …
Horácio has been our team’s guide through the mangroves during these past few weeks. I first met Horácio on the first Friday in a meeting …
My project while in the Bajo Lempa has been to evaluate the impact and success of Associación Mangle’s microcredit program among a hub of shrimp …
Today it was off to our first community visit—off to Isla de Montecristo. It’s a community at the edge of the mangrove forest just before …
About halfway through my Peace Corps service in Mozambique (2008-2010), my dad ran into a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) at his university. While …
When I was about 6 years old, I remember my siblings teaching me how to “pump” on our backyard swing set. I practiced all summer …
For our first weekend’s last large trip we visited the El Carmen Estate Café finca. It is a large coffee farm with an adventure park …
Central America definitely runs on a different time than what I think of as German punctuality. We woke up early to get to breakfast on …
Being here in El Salvador we are out of our cocoons in a number of ways. I am often reminded of the one entomology class …
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