So,
Umm let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Not quite gonna go through it.
Hitting the year mark was hard. Felt good about a lot of milestones, want a lot more. Set the goal of being a better part of my community and of accomplishing a couple major projects. Doing well on that. More soon.
Had toe surgery. Was rough - don't recommend surgery in the third world, but hey. I survived. Went to America, it was awesome. More on that. Andy and Dan visited - double awesome. Finally started to get some major traction on projects, also awesome. Doing really well on community (village and Peace Corps) integration stuff - really feeling at home here at an all new level. Had some awesome adventures in the village recently and things are on a good track. Even making some progress on jobs for when I get back!
Basically, it got really busy and the internet was broken at site for awhile and there was a lot of travelling and then for awhile I was just emotionally exhausted so I didn't post. That was a bit of a down time, but not a big deal - just a slump from the combination of passing the middle mark, getting back from an awesome vacation, and some other junk. But the slump has passed, yes my friends the slump has passed!
So let me sum up some of those adventures for you!
Did you know I killed and ate an iguana? It dug a nest in my garden, but I could see it's tail! And so I called bunch of my friends, we dug it up, and we ate it! You cook it like a chicken...that is if you would cook a chicken in a big pot with all of it's eggs in there with the machete-chopped-up meat! And it was delicious! The eggs have a leathery shell you kind of splooshslurp them out of and are nearly all yolk, but they are good in a heavy way. And the tail meat is the best, but it's all good! That's the first time I've really fully been involved in the kill and eat process.
I called over the friends who hadn't helped me kill it and we just sat on my porch and had an iguana feast! Now that is a pretty cool day!
You DID know I went to America. You may also know that America is AWESOME. Ahh I want to keep posting because I'm finally in a writing mood...but it is late and I have a cold and I'm travelling tomorrow.
So more soon. I promise!
Ah!
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Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Suriname? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Suriname in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez