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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: March 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Sunday, March 26, 2006. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. Cashew fruit - eating the fruit has an incredible drying effect (Lacey - but there's NO alcohol! In the mouth. It's okay, but I wouldn't eat a lot of them. Allie and Jade and their neighbor's cat that has adopted them. Kids waiting for the bus - caught this as I was headed back home from their site. Had a pick up bask...
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: October 2005
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Thursday, October 27, 2005. Week 8 - Tropical Storm Beta. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. Keep us all in your thoughts - hopefully this will be the last big blowout before the end of the rainy season! Posted by Essa at 1:50 PM. Sunday, October 23, 2005. Week 7 - Town profile. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07.
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: July 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Sunday, July 30, 2006. 8 months in site. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. Leon for Allie and Jade's good-bye party. At the hostel, all of the pinche. A political statement we found near the central park of Leon:. John's visit and Boaco. John, my advisor, came to Nicaragua to help me with my thesis idea (which he made much more manageable - whew! Present preliminary findings...
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: November 2005
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Monday, November 28, 2005. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. Many apologies for taking so long to update - we've been playing tourist for the past few weeks - there were many times I heard one of my fellow PCVs ask "Are we still in the Peace Corps? The beach has it's share of soldiers there to protect the eggs from poachers - turtle eggs are a delicacy around these parts.
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: October 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Sunday, October 29, 2006. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. He laughed when I cried,". Loosly translated as, "are you kidding me? What can I do," he asks, "I'm a Sandanista at heart.". Posted by Essa at 1:56 PM. Friday, October 27, 2006. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. All bus stop sh...
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: June 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Friday, June 30, 2006. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: La vida es un carnaval. Sorry for the hiatus folks, but life got kinda complicated there for a while. Back on track and updating what I can (having technical difficulties with blogger, so I couldn't upload all the photos I wanted). In any case, I've been working away on writing my masters thesis proposal entitled, ". Visit to nearby farm.
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: January 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Monday, January 23, 2006. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. La vida es un carnaval. This past week was a busy one - Gregg from MTU came to visit and to make sure I'm actually working. I guess he thought I wasn't working hard enough because he made me sit down and do volcanic cloud emissions stuff with him. On my birthday, at that! Celine and yet another Michigander trying to learn the latin dance moves.
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: February 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Sunday, February 19, 2006. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: To see the second smallest orchid in the world! This has led to a number of interesting conversations with other PCVers about what happens to a population when development steps are. Skipped. (It's the best way I can think to phrase it.though who knows what if there really is a right order.). Nothing is black and white. WHEN: Sept '05 - N...
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I: August 2006
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Essa's (Vanessa's) Nica adventure vol. I. Thursday, August 31, 2006. Back in the USSA. WHO: Essa (aka Vanessa). WHAT: Peace Corps, Environmental Education. WHEN: Sept '05 - Nov '07. WHY: Life is a carnaval. Here's Debbie's newly rented house in Houghton. She is finishing up her PhD and will be beginning her post doc next month. To blow off some steam, we hand a small impromtu gathering/dance party Monday night that ended at 5 am.ahhh, good to be a student. Made me come to really appreciate them). The por...