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Hey Everybody—
Short post now, but I’d just like to let you know a couple things about what’s been going on and what we’ll be doing soon.
This past weekend, as a group we took a trip to the beach. We stayed for the day at this little resort-type thing, with beautiful beaches and a nice pool, etc. The Salvadoran beaches have black sand (which isn’t actually black, just really dark and leaves your feet black in a way) and a really strong current. Basically, you don’t do in over your waist that much, as the rip current can easily pull you out to sea. We played a lot of Frisbee, took some walks, and of course relaxed a little. A group of 8 of us decided that night that we wanted to stay out there at the beach instead of going back to the house with everyone else. So, after searching around for cheap hotels, we discovered that this resort at which we were staying the day was going to give us the rooms that night for free, because the Program had bought them for the day for us to drop off our bags. That was quite an amazing discovery, and from that point on, we just spent the evening and night chillin out and enjoying the beautiful surroundings. The beach was incredible at night, and we played some games and told stories while rocking in the hammocks. That was my birthday celebration, and it was surely a memorable one in a lot of ways. Certainly different than it would’ve been back in the States, as 21 years old means very little down here. The next day, we just came back to the house, but it took us way too long, as the buses back into the city were only running every few hours. Because of this, the bus was also as packed as it could’ve been. They’re mostly school buses down here, complete with the typical list of rules posted up front like buses back home, but this thing was bodies pressed up against each other.
Anyway, this coming weekend will be spent at our praxis sites. At mine, the three of us are divided into three houses, all close to each other, of three people we’ve been working with the most. We’ll decide amongst ourselves tomorrow who will stay where. I don’t quite know how this is gonna be, certainly challenging, but so enriching at the same time. This is an integral part of immersing yourself in the society and culture here, especially on the weekend when people are not working and you get a totally different feel of the community. For sure are my nerves coming up for this weekend. Just another step in our lives here.
Keep on rockin out back home, and I miss you all. Paz y amor—
AMDG,
Anthony
Short post now, but I’d just like to let you know a couple things about what’s been going on and what we’ll be doing soon.
This past weekend, as a group we took a trip to the beach. We stayed for the day at this little resort-type thing, with beautiful beaches and a nice pool, etc. The Salvadoran beaches have black sand (which isn’t actually black, just really dark and leaves your feet black in a way) and a really strong current. Basically, you don’t do in over your waist that much, as the rip current can easily pull you out to sea. We played a lot of Frisbee, took some walks, and of course relaxed a little. A group of 8 of us decided that night that we wanted to stay out there at the beach instead of going back to the house with everyone else. So, after searching around for cheap hotels, we discovered that this resort at which we were staying the day was going to give us the rooms that night for free, because the Program had bought them for the day for us to drop off our bags. That was quite an amazing discovery, and from that point on, we just spent the evening and night chillin out and enjoying the beautiful surroundings. The beach was incredible at night, and we played some games and told stories while rocking in the hammocks. That was my birthday celebration, and it was surely a memorable one in a lot of ways. Certainly different than it would’ve been back in the States, as 21 years old means very little down here. The next day, we just came back to the house, but it took us way too long, as the buses back into the city were only running every few hours. Because of this, the bus was also as packed as it could’ve been. They’re mostly school buses down here, complete with the typical list of rules posted up front like buses back home, but this thing was bodies pressed up against each other.
Anyway, this coming weekend will be spent at our praxis sites. At mine, the three of us are divided into three houses, all close to each other, of three people we’ve been working with the most. We’ll decide amongst ourselves tomorrow who will stay where. I don’t quite know how this is gonna be, certainly challenging, but so enriching at the same time. This is an integral part of immersing yourself in the society and culture here, especially on the weekend when people are not working and you get a totally different feel of the community. For sure are my nerves coming up for this weekend. Just another step in our lives here.
Keep on rockin out back home, and I miss you all. Paz y amor—
AMDG,
Anthony
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