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De Tal Palo, De Tal Astilla 3 | My Parents’ Visit

By on June 10, 2018

Be sure to read 1 and 2 first!

DAY SEVEN:

Panajachel is the biggest tourist hub on Lake Atitlán. Lake Atitlán is a popular Guatemalan destination, it’s stunningly beautiful, and it’s got “lake towns” scattered all around it. My site, Santa Clara La Laguna, has ‘laguna’ in…


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De Tal Palo, De Tal Astilla 2 | My Parents’ Visit

By on June 10, 2018

Continuing, my parents visit, the first post here.

DAY FOUR:

In the morning on Thursday, March 29th, I woke up on fabulously comfortable mattress in Antigua to find my parents had already eaten breakfast. Hostel included breakfast, though they should have sung and dance as they served the food for how…


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Touring vs. Foreigning | Encountering Tourists while in Peace Corps

By on June 3, 2018

I’m a long-term foreigner with an expiration date.
The following terms don’t quite apply: transplant, resident or visitor. Each of those has a defining set of circumstances that doesn’t fit that of a Peace Corps Volunteer.
‘Volunteer’ has complications too as it implies that I am not paid. I do get…

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All you have to do to sell all of your things and move across the world is to do it.