Thursday, June 22, 2006

In Santiago Suchilquitongo

I have now arrived to my community of Santiago Suchilquitongo. It`s a beautiful place from where I can see much of the Oaxacan valley. My host family includes the Director of the Culture Center in the community and her son and daughter. The house is a very interesting place, as they have just started an internet cafe business, which means there are two computers set up for people to come and use for 8 pesos an hour. On the other hand, it is very much like a Latin American community, with animals everywhere and trucks with loudspeakers going by all the time. My partners Maya and Lindley live in houses about 20 minutes away, and I`m planning to go visit them after comida.

It`s still very strange to be so far from home and I think it will take a while to get used to. But this community seems like a great place for Project TECHNO and I think my host brother will be able to help a lot with the classes and stuff.

Until next time, adios!

-Apoorva

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Annie & Russ (dad) are leaving tomorrow for Paraguay & Brazil - it's what she wanted for her HS grad. gift. Russ speaks NO Spanish - sounds like me hu?

can I forward your blog to one of our veteran vols? I know she would love to hear about your progress on project techno.......

Sheila

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Anonymous said...

Apoorva!!! Matt and I are here doing CV training with a group of six. We thought we would take a look at your blog while they worked on their community assessment activities! Sounds like you are doing well...keep the stories coming. Oh and by the way, Matt and I think you are a poster AMIGOS volunteer!! Nice pic!