Shrek is Love
Her mother follows silently and enters the room behind us. We sat down in the dark. I took off my headlamp, and using a plastic bag I found lying around,…
The Ritual
I woke up on the morning of our third deployment to some welcome news via email; my request to the college for a one month extension to my placement was…
Hickory Daiquiri Delivery Dock
There have been some interesting developments in the last few hours, and I am going to break slightly from the pre-ordained chronology of these posts for just a moment. On…
Old Man and the Pulse-oximeter
Sleep was a bit stressful for me that night, the paranoia from having already caused one partial collapse of the dilapidated schoolhouse kept me scared stiff in my hammock. In…
I Bless the Rains Down in Bisira
Tuesday morning, 6:26. A loud crash woke me up, jolting me in bed like a startled rat. A swimming pool of water must have been dropped on the casito roof…
Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion
Surely enough the digestion began and continued into the weekend, or should I say indigestion, because over the follow three days I developed diarrhea and stomach pains. This usually happens…
It Puts the Lotion on the Skin
The mountain gets cold at night, something that I failed to adequately prepare for, and I froze my little tush off in the hammock overnight. Houses of la SabanaResident Bonehead…
Deep in the Mountains
We began our ascent towards La Sabana at 7 in the morning. We had one pack horse with us, and our horse-man Oligio was to be our companion. He was…
Expect the Unexpected: ABCD and P
There was already a crowd of people assembling at the concrete path that lined the main artery of the village. I came up to find the horse, standing idly, as…