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July 26th, 2010 - 6:00 pm § in Culture, Guatemala

We Dance If We Want To (so why don’t we?)

Having been immersed in Latin culture, I’ve realized just how fantastic the skill of dance is. What’s great about it here is that regular people, not those with training or extensive practice, often break out into dances with style, with form, like the merengue or salsa. As it was explai[...]

June 22nd, 2010 - 2:52 pm § in Around Town

Dear Latin America

Dear Latin America, Thank you for teaching me how to feign a command over salsa steps and for putting people in my path who will happily sway me to the beat of your music. Thank you for feeding me fruit that ostensibly appeared downright poisonous, ominous or otherwise inedible and for showing me th[...]

March 17th, 2010 - 4:57 pm § in Argentina, Around Town, In the Field, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Finding Your Niche as a Short-Term Volunteer

Jennifer Yael Green is a writer and traveler who most recently spent a year as an English instructor in South Korea. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, she lives her life striving to write something worth reading, or to do something worth writing about. She spent several months volunteering in a vill[...]

March 3rd, 2010 - 10:16 am § in Costa Rica, Culture, Day in the Life

My Hips Just Don’t Move Like That

One of the biggest challenges of living in Latin America: dancing like a local. Even the most awkward adolescent boys can shimmy their hips in a way that feels physically impossible to me. Over time I’ve gradually resigned myself to the fact that I will never be able to dance like them. It would b[...]





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