Monday, March 7, 2011

judgement week

it's been a while since i really updated this bad boy. but i have plans for a giant update this evening before i sneak to bed a bit early. hopefully this post will include selected photos from FBT (Field-Based Training) and a handful of photos i stole from kim earlier today.

first of all, i have my final presentation at the muni this week. wednesday i'll be presenting some environmental education activities for teachers from my pueblo so they can use them in the future with their students. hopefully that goes smooth, i've got two pretty hilarious games to play with them, so that should be entertaining at the very least.

then i receive my official site assignment on thursday. it will be my home for the next two years, pretty nerve-racking. i'm endlessly anxious. ENDLESSLY. then life gets a bit easier, this whole training deal finally starts to rap up. but let's get to pictures!

we'll get started with FBT:

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looking over the mountains toward lake atitlan

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here's brandon working on some clay during a cultural tour we took

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and some examples of the pottery this little guy can do

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some more handy-crafts on the cultural tour

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this is a mayan sewing-machine, thing's huge

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the hotel we stayed at when all the highways were closed one day, it was woooooonderful haha

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this is where we stayed during the last 3 nights of training, "corazón del bosque"

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looking out on lago de atitlan

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this is Rene, explaining his work during the interpretive trail we walked (head to my flickr for all his artwork)

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looking over the lake from 9k feet up

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looking over the town of santa catarina, near the lake

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the whole SCT krew hanging in front of the lake!


and now for some assorted photos!

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SAN ANTONIO krew! with our first language teacher, Gladis

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volcanoes are way cool

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me teaching some campasinos about birdwatching

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Craig! our training manager, this dude is awesome.

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looking over Guatemala City from a really tall building

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hangin' at our traing facilitator's (Chris') house

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chilly up in the mountains!

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oh, hey jerry...

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looking extra diverse!

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me, racking coffee, unstoked

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i'm going to buy this before i come home... so cool

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this is what a mayan ceremony looks like before they set it on fire

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stuck in the middle of a drunk dance party in the middle of a street with kim

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killin' some time in antigua


well, that should be good for now. you can check out my flickr for all the photos ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/peaceteam/ ) someday i think i'll even go through and reorganize everything, but for now i just toss it in there. the last set of photos i put up here are from kim, so much love to her for letting me use those and i hope you're all doing well.

don't forget to send me emails telling me about how great america is! i'd hate to forget haha! miss everyone.