Monday, January 4, 2010

Workin' in the campo

A couple of months ago, my boss Tim came out for his annual visit. He managed to arrive just in to join a junta at my neighbor Gregorio's house. The neighbors had all gathered to dig out the foundation for his new house.


Once we finished for the day, we sat down to pega barba and guarapo (alcohol made from fermented sugar cane juice.)

The sloth crawled down from his tree to watch us work.

Thanksgiving

So it's been a while since my last post, and I know you all have been craving an update, so here's a brief summary of Thanksgiving: Good Friends and Good Food = A Great Time. A hundred plus volunteers managed to converge on the town of Cerro Punto in western Panama for the annual volunteer feast. Between us, we managed to consume 5 turkey, 3 hams, and countless pounds of stuffing, beans, and pie.


Happy Thanksgiving! (Much belated)

Alan, Andrea, Seth, and Meredith's back sitting around fajita mixins that Alan and some others prepared the night before Thanksgiving as a kind of warm-up stretch for the real festivities the next day.


A few of my fellow EHers: Dave, Meredith, Seth, Zach, and Jesse.

Not really Thanksgiving related. This is a picture of the Novena procession in Quebrada Grande to celebrate Mother's Day, Dec. 8th here in Panama.