Chino means exactly what you think it means — I had no need for a dictionary when I first heard this word used, in reference to an Asian friend and fellow volunteer in Chile. She is Chinese-American, a concept which, unfortunately, didn’t always compute. “What, are you Chinese or Americ[...]
Archive for July, 2011
July 25th, 2011 - 7:55 am § in Bolivia, In the Field
Uyuni Around the Edges
Where everything you see looks like snow.... but really you've got kilometers of salt fields surrounded by nothing but ghost towns, volcanic rock, and of course, llama. It blew my mind for two full days -- which is to say that its beauty was only as grand as the Puget Sound Islands -- in the rare mo[...]
July 22nd, 2011 - 7:17 am § in Around Town
And Now, the End is Near…
I’m still not sure I believe it, but I’m done. I’m hopping on a plane tomorrow morning and heading back home to Raleigh, NC, by way of Miami. The week has been a blur of despedidas – goodbyes – to the many people who made my time in Venezuela memorable. I’ve had a lot of variation[...]
From the “Real World” to the Real World
¿Qué onda? My name is Ginny Savage and for the past year, I have been living in Sololá, Guatemala and working as a Program Director for Manna Project International (MPI). Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, MPI is a holistic community development organization with sites in Nicaragua and Ecuador. T[...]
Machismo Madness: Workplace Woes
For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the sixth post in that series. I really lucked out with my English teaching job in Lima- my workplace had a modern culture, and many of my students were great people with interesting co[...]
