There are things such as ants (in your pants) in a jar of dry milk or midges on an overripe banana, which you get used to very soon. It`s been less than month since I came here but I already feel quite comfortable picking out midges from my drink with a teaspoon and overall - living side by side with the various representatives of the species of ( Read more... )

Today is actually a holiday! We had an ice cream trolley here in Pojom! It was like that birthday song from an old Russian cartoon:
(lirics)
"Then a wizard comes flying
In a blue helicopter,
He will show me a movie for free,
He will wish me Happy Birthday
And present 500 choco-icecreams."
(Russian Children`s famous song)


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The sun is shining and I can write in my blog.
It has been my first encounter with the wildlife of Guatemala. Before today I`ve only seen hummingbirds, donkeys, South American grey foxes and hogs, which are called here , by the way, «coche», like a  car. It`s like «Hey, Baby! What a ride on my «coche»? ». Go figure what he trying to say!


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Today some guys, in particular coordinators (the former and the new one Lotte and Arne), went to Ixquisis (a large village) for another public meeting with local authorities. We stayed in the clinic to examine patients during siesta while Joris (the current doctor) was baking a banana pie from, curiously enough, bananas which, curiously enough, ( Read more... )