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codos
codos means someone that does not want to spend any money. that is my word of the day. so codos in fact is plural. that is what i am calling the folks from engenderhealth bolivia. under the guise of ´being worried about our safety´, they have refused to allow my colleague to travel back home to la paz via a somewhat circuitous (sp?) route but that ( Read more... ) -
pictures only
i´m tired and not sure what to write so i´ll just post pics with brief explanations, some surely don´t need explanations though.
across the street from where we´ve had wonderful and cheap lunches every week is a red building with a red fence with some interesting signs. below is one found on the outside( pictures over here ) -
oruro, bolivia
i´m logged in from an internet office in the hotel i am staying at: hotel sucre in oruro. i am not sure why the name of the hotel is sucre, that is the name of another city in bolivia. i passed by this other hotel called the grand boston. ( click ) -
zona sur, la paz, bolivia
i made it safely to bolivia. i'm glad i took the altitude medicine as i have hardly felt any of the symptoms associated with altitude sickness like lethargy and shortness of breath. i took a long time to settle in and get my laptop/camera out so that means no pictures to post from today. i did take a few just now and will post 3 of those. the first ( Read more... ) -
photo album
here's a photo album about a trip i took today with urbpan, cottonmanifesto, rockbalancer, and chaggie to mt. misery in lincoln for a hike. -
arusha, tanzania
i'm currently in arusha, tanzania. it is not far from kenya and most of the people that are here use this town as a jumping off point for going on safaris or mountain climbing. mt. kilimanjaro is about 2 hours from here and there are several craters and national parks (like the serengetti) near here. about 40% of the population is muslim so it is ( Read more... ) -
roller skating and anniversaries
i'm going to be trying out for a roller derby league in boston, they use quad speed skates. the team members have names or personas like: ivana clobber, maura buse, and kitty twister to name a few. since i heard about it in psych i've always been fascinated by vagina dentata. would that be too gruesome or weird a name? i could add an austin powers ( Read more... ) -
Greetings from Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
A quick entry from the training facility in Intramuros. We got here Saturday around midnight after a HEINOUS 25+ hour trip (and a 1 day jump forward in time) and have been hanging out in Metro Manila since then. My time has consisted of traveling back and forth between the Japanese owned Manila Diamond Hotel near Manila Bay and an old colonial- ( Read more... ) -
amy, carmen, christi
three staff members at my organization died in a plane crash in afghanistan. while there is no confirmation about their deaths, the crash was high impact and at 13,000 ft. i knew two of the three women pretty well. they were part of my department. for one of the women this was her first trip for the company, it was part of her professional ( Read more... )