Day 5 Jan 9 2011
What can I say about this day of torture?
If you know me you know about my motion sickness problem. Long story short I made it but barely! A taxi took us to the family that we were staying with and they are the nicest people ever!
Reality of a Dreamer
Monday, January 10, 2011
panama part 3
Day 4 Jan 2011
In the morning we took a bus to another bus stop. Every single bus that was headed to David where we need to go was full! We waited for 3 hours in the heat! Until we gave up and spent the night in the town that we were in. It seemed that our dark rain cloud didn´t have a silver lining. Things got worse when we were told that the only way to get a bus to the language school was to go back to Panama City then take another bus! That meant over 12 hours on a bus! I must say that the only up side to our day was that our hotel was close to a beach.
In the morning we took a bus to another bus stop. Every single bus that was headed to David where we need to go was full! We waited for 3 hours in the heat! Until we gave up and spent the night in the town that we were in. It seemed that our dark rain cloud didn´t have a silver lining. Things got worse when we were told that the only way to get a bus to the language school was to go back to Panama City then take another bus! That meant over 12 hours on a bus! I must say that the only up side to our day was that our hotel was close to a beach.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Panama part 2
Day 3 Jan 8 2011
I am so amazed by how much things cost or how little. Here is a list of things that you can buy for under $5.
So you get the idea...
Outside of our hotel are parrots and toucans. The parrots can say hola, whistle and scream. We went to a little zoo. This zoo is the only place in the world that
has the golden frogs. Then we went to a waterfall and hiked for some time then went for a swim in a natural pool in the jungle. After that we went to the hot springs and got covered in mud. It was fun until the locals started taking pictures of us.
I am so amazed by how much things cost or how little. Here is a list of things that you can buy for under $5.
- Go to the hot springs and get a facial. $2
- Go on a hike to a waterfall and swim in a natural pool. $2
- Eat out for dinner $3 per person.
- chips 40 cents
- crackets 40 cents (crackets are like little Ritz crackers filled with cheese)
- A bag of home made cookies $1
So you get the idea...
Outside of our hotel are parrots and toucans. The parrots can say hola, whistle and scream. We went to a little zoo. This zoo is the only place in the world that
has the golden frogs. Then we went to a waterfall and hiked for some time then went for a swim in a natural pool in the jungle. After that we went to the hot springs and got covered in mud. It was fun until the locals started taking pictures of us.
Friday, January 7, 2011
In Panama
Day 1 Jan 5 2011
On the plane to Atlanta from Boston Ronnie dropped a pretzel on my foot. I tried to give it back but she let me have it. What a nice sister!
Day 2 jan 6 2011
We stayed in a very nice hotel for just 60 $! They picked us at the airport and gave us a free ride to our hotel. on the way Momś seat collapsed and she spent the rest of the ride sitting with me.
In the morning we had a very lovely complmentery breakfast. (free) Then we went for a swim on the roof pool. As we swam we had an amazing view of the city as well as the ocean.
Then it was off to the mountains! Our bus station was next to a mall. I was so excited to look around but if you know my mother you know how my dream ended.
The bus ride was not a fun 3 hours! People kept coming in even though the bus was full. One guy almost sat on top of me! When we arrived we checked in to our hotel. The town is called El Valle, and it used to be a volcano that erupted and the top of the volcano came off that made a crater that became a lake that dried up and became a town. El Valle is filled with people and stray dogs and delicious restaurants that you eat at for under 4 dollars a person!
On the plane to Atlanta from Boston Ronnie dropped a pretzel on my foot. I tried to give it back but she let me have it. What a nice sister!
Day 2 jan 6 2011
We stayed in a very nice hotel for just 60 $! They picked us at the airport and gave us a free ride to our hotel. on the way Momś seat collapsed and she spent the rest of the ride sitting with me.
In the morning we had a very lovely complmentery breakfast. (free) Then we went for a swim on the roof pool. As we swam we had an amazing view of the city as well as the ocean.
Then it was off to the mountains! Our bus station was next to a mall. I was so excited to look around but if you know my mother you know how my dream ended.
The bus ride was not a fun 3 hours! People kept coming in even though the bus was full. One guy almost sat on top of me! When we arrived we checked in to our hotel. The town is called El Valle, and it used to be a volcano that erupted and the top of the volcano came off that made a crater that became a lake that dried up and became a town. El Valle is filled with people and stray dogs and delicious restaurants that you eat at for under 4 dollars a person!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Panama
The amazing country of Panama, located next to Costa Rica is a truly amazing place with white sand beaches, tall mountains, the canal that all of us have heard of, not to mention the amazing food! So guess where I’m going to be in just 24 hours! I am going to try to write on my blog when I am in Panama. For the first week of the one month trip I will be in a town close to the mountains going to a Spanish school in the morning and working with teen girls from a local orphanage in the afternoon. I am really looking forward to my trip and hope to make a difference in somebody’s life before I hit the beach.
Bye for now.
Panama
The amazing country of Panama, located next to Costa Rica is a truly amazing place with white sand beaches, tall Moutons, the canal that all of us have heard of, not to mention the amazing food! So guess where I’m going to be in just 24 hours! I am going to try to write on my blog when I am in panama. For the first Week of the one Month trip I will be in a town close to the Mounts going to a Spanish School in the morning and working with teen girls from a local orphanage in the after noon. I am really looking forward to my trip and hope to make a difference in somebody’s life before I hit the beach.
Bye for now.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
So where are you from?
So where are you from?
My Dad is white and some people think that I’m adopted when I am with him. This bothers me so much, why can’t people accept that families can have different skin colors? Though light skinned on the outside my father is so much more than you could ever believe. He was born I Japan, because my grandfather was in the air force. When he was very young his family moved to the Philippines. He spent a large part of his childhood there. He spent his teen years in New Hampshire and upstate New York until he went to McGill University. He is on quarter Irish; now when ever somebody asks me my ethnicity is say “I’m Irish”.
My Mom has an equally long story. She was born in Uganda Africa and lived there until she was 9 when she and her family was forced to leave by Idi Amin; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin who gave them 90 days to leave the Country them and everybody who was not black African. They were not preempted to take money or more than just two suite cases each. She then moved to Canada as a refugee. When she graduated high school she went to McGill University.
My Moms blood is from Goa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa a part of India that is influenced by the Portuguese so my Mom grew up Catholic and her last name is Rodrigues. I don’t identify as Indian. It seams that not many people recognize that I am half white. Sometimes when people are raciest towards Mexicans I just say “I’m Mexican” and they stop nobody can really prove that I am not because I have my Mom’s last name to back me up.
I think that if we could just not care about race the world would be a more peaceful place.
My Dad is white and some people think that I’m adopted when I am with him. This bothers me so much, why can’t people accept that families can have different skin colors? Though light skinned on the outside my father is so much more than you could ever believe. He was born I Japan, because my grandfather was in the air force. When he was very young his family moved to the Philippines. He spent a large part of his childhood there. He spent his teen years in New Hampshire and upstate New York until he went to McGill University. He is on quarter Irish; now when ever somebody asks me my ethnicity is say “I’m Irish”.
My Mom has an equally long story. She was born in Uganda Africa and lived there until she was 9 when she and her family was forced to leave by Idi Amin; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin who gave them 90 days to leave the Country them and everybody who was not black African. They were not preempted to take money or more than just two suite cases each. She then moved to Canada as a refugee. When she graduated high school she went to McGill University.
My Moms blood is from Goa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa a part of India that is influenced by the Portuguese so my Mom grew up Catholic and her last name is Rodrigues. I don’t identify as Indian. It seams that not many people recognize that I am half white. Sometimes when people are raciest towards Mexicans I just say “I’m Mexican” and they stop nobody can really prove that I am not because I have my Mom’s last name to back me up.
I think that if we could just not care about race the world would be a more peaceful place.
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