It has been a while

Oh man, I have been busy. That is no excuse for the amount of time it has taken me to post this, but hey, here it is. Let me give you a quick update. I got back from that trip I mentioned and since taken another. Here is a quick list of things I have recently done:
· Seen Central America´s tallest waterfall and painted a visitor´s center in Chilascó
· Went tubing down a river and taught a local group of indigenous people about tourism in and around Chicamán
· Went to a sugar cane farm that has an old growth pristine cloud forest and Mayan ruins that are currently being excavated by archaeologists, then gave a diagnostic presentation to the land owner about it´s potential for tourism near Uspantán
· Took a tour of a coffee farm and worked with the owners to design a name and label for the coffee in Panyebar
· Went on Central America´s longest zip line (about 33 seconds) with a view of lake Atitlán, then worked with the brand new park rangers teaching them about how to run a successful park in Sana Clara La Laguna
· Found my way onto a local basketball team and scored 12 points in our 36-32 opening game (we won)

In other words, I am working and having fun while doing it. We find out on Monday what our permanent sites are. You know, the place where I am going to spend the next two years? If it is anything like what I have seen and learned the past couple months, those two years shall be quite the experience.

I´ll get some more pictures up soon.

Gone for a bit

Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I will be gone all next week so there will not be any updates for at least that amount of time. We are going all over the country to check out some ecotourism sites to get in some field based training, as they call it. Should be a good time.
Also, thanks to all of you who have e-mailed, left comments, called me at 2 in the morning or whatever. Your words are kind and keep me motivated. Keep ´em coming.

Fotos

Words are boring. Here are some accompanied by pictures.

This is the view I have every morning when I wait outside Giorgio´s place in our hometown of San Lucas. That volcano´s name is Agua.

The training center. Just like the Peace Corps Propaganda I got before I joined.

Senderos de Alux, the park where I am working. Grandma would say it´s purty.