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My Aegean Odyssey
This post is the third in a series of posts I am calling Incidents of Travel Past. and today I take you to the Aegean Sea, circa 2012. I had been traveling with my friend Steve, but he had to leave … Continue reading
León, León
This last week I visited my permanent site of León, León. It was very very hot. The second hottest place in Nicaragua, in fact. Like sitting in place, not moving a muscle, yet still sweating so much your shirt is … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Teaching, Training
Tagged AIDS, canal, Captain Morgan, Caribbean, cathedral, church, churches, complain, Cuerpo de Paz, diet, earthquake, earthquakes, England, food, Granada, heat, history, HIV, hot, inter-oceanic canal, inter-oceanic canals, interoceanic canal, interoceanic canals, jalea, jelly, León, lion, Lion King, lions, Nicaragua, nutrition, obese, overweight, Panama Canal, Peace Corps, pirate, pirates, Rivas, rum, schools, Simba, Spain, teaching, US Peace Corps
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Taz-Mania
This is what most Americans know about Tasmania: I was in Tasmania over the last weekend with my friends Luke, Catherine, and Mel. We had a great time. The island, and the animals, are nothing like Looney Tunes though. The … Continue reading
Posted in Pre-Service, Travel, Vlog
Tagged Aboriginal, Australia, camp, Camp Shohola, England, geography, Great Britain, indigenous, Looney Tunes, penal colony, photography, Port Arthur, prison, Shohola, Tasmania, Taz, Taz-Mania, UK, video, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers
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Chiapas
The second half of my trip to Mexico I spent in the southeastern most state of the country, Chiapas. Chiapas is inhabited by many indigenous people. Some of them don’t speak Spanish. They speak native languages. And the Chiapans, on … Continue reading
Posted in Pre-Service, Travel, Vlog
Tagged archaeology, Bonampak, Britain, British Museum, Chiapas, crocodiles, England, EZLN, Great Britain, Guatemala, London, Maya, Mayan, Mayan ruins, Mexico, Ocosingo, Palenque, San Cristobal de Las Casas, San Juan Chamula, Sumidero Canyon, Travel, United Kingdom, Usumacinta, Usumacinta River, video, Yaxchilan, Zapatistas
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Why I decided to Join the Peace Corps
I get this question a lot. I guess the story starts at the sleep away camp I always attended and worked at, Camp Shohola. There are a lot of counselors from all over the world at Shohola. The Directors have … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Work
Tagged Aegean Sea, Australia, Britain, camp, Camp Shohola, Dodecanese, England, ferry, friendship, Greece, Peace Corps, Shohola, Syros, Third Goal, UK, United Kingdom, US Peace Corps
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The Five Minute Game
Toward the end of our time in Ireland we got a bit restless, especially since a storm keep us indoors one whole day. I came up with a game we could play that is as brilliant as it is easy. … Continue reading
Posted in Pre-Service, Travel
Tagged beach, camp, Camp Shohola, England, game, Ireland, phone, photograph, Scotland, Shohola, smartphone, strand, Tramore, UK, United Kingdom, Waterford
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The British Museum
I had one day in London this trip, and I decided to visit The British Museum, which I have never visited before (it doesn’t hurt that it’s free either). For the most part, there is nothing British about it. There … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Pre-Service, Travel
Tagged Acropolis, aesthetics, archaeology, art, artifacts, Bloomsbury, British Museum, Central Asia, Copan, Egypt, England, Europe, Greece, Honduras, London, Mayans, museum, Parthenon, philosophy, stelae, UK, United Kingdom
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