EST. 2011

If you click on the links throughout the blog, it will make for an exponentially better blogging experience. A link can be denoted by green text. Enjoy! I created this blog in the spring of 2011 as a way "for me to share my experiences with the outside world i.e. friends and family" . At that time, I was writing all my entries from the highlands of Guatemala and my day to day routine was very different, if not foreign , from those of my audience.  So, I wonder if my audience will still find my day to day as captivating as it once was when I was writing from the mountains of Guatemala or the coast of Colombia. I guess we'll just have to find out. However, as I write you from my apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn , one thing is for sure. While I've returned to the United States of America, I wonder, especially as I'm now a part of the "melting pot of the melting pot", whether I'll ever stop feeling like a tourist? *     *     *     *     * ...

Well, it's been more than a minute since my last post. I'm currently writing this from an academic building at the New School in Manhattan, New York but I'll get to that soon enough. I'd like to first share with you some pictures of my last days in Colombia . . . These photos are from my town "despedidas" - going away parties. The ones from the pool party were with my English class and the others are from my MUEVETE class. Both of these classes are highlighted in this blog entry. Domino Helping Marta with her camera. Preparing the meat. DANCE!  MUEVETE! And again! The next group of photos are from my "despedida" at the Peace Corps office. In true Latin American fashion, I had to "dar palabras" or give some closing thoughts.  JFK. Yes, I'm still talking . . . Finally, I rang the s&#$ out of that bell.  Thank you Peace Corps Colombia. It was a wild 38 months wi...