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Having a little vacay time has given me a chance to do many of the necessary overdue blog updates.
Barroom Wisdom had been updated…

The proyectos page has been (hastily) updated.   It’ll at least give you an idea of a few of the things I’ve worked on here.  A more formalized update will come at some point…

So about 2 weeks ago Otto and Mia came to the GT.  Since it was only for a long weekend, I unfortunately did not get to see too much of them.   We did however have an awesome dinner at Posada Don Rodrigo with Marty, Carlos, and the rest of the gang.  We then made our way [...]

So in addition to all of the random creative endeavors that I have been partaking in at Kafka, I`ve recently started working on a “real project”.  The decision to introduce a pooltable into the multitude of perks that Kafka has to offer has spawned a whole series of projects that must be done in order [...]

It`s been a while since I`ve consistantly updated.  Things have been crazy busy with finding a job and getting things going here.   Since I now have both jobs going at once, I`ve been putting in alot of hours… especially at Kafka.  At Kafka we`re getting heavy into ADD mode and working on about 10 things [...]

Since working at 2 bars wasn`t enough, I`ve decided to begin living at one…
I`ve worked out a deal with the owner of Kafka and am now living in the hostel gratis (don`t worry, I`m getting paid too).   It actually seems like it`ll be a good deal, I get to live there for free, and in addition, [...]

So after my extensive job search, I have found a few gigs to pay the bills.  (As a side note, let me just say that unless you are are beautiful girl in her mid 20`s, it`s almost impossible to find a bartending/waiter job in Antigua.  I`m pretty sure I visited close to every bar in [...]

So Friday was my last day at Familias de Esperanza.  It`s been about 3 months since I began.  The work was great and great for my Spanish too…which led me to apply for a fulltime paid position about a little over a month ago.  The only catch was that I`d have to commit to work [...]

One of the projects of Familias de Esperanza is to build houses for poor families in the pueblos surrounding Antigua.  It is unbelievable, the majority of the families that Familias de Esperanza helps do not even own the land that they are living on.  They are squatting; and when the government/landowner tells them to move, [...]

So I`ve started building houses for familias pobres…

Familias de Esperanza is a private organization that has been around since the mid 80`s.  Before beginning work, they require that you go on a tour of the surrounding communities that they are helping to educate you on what exactly you are helping to better.  The state of [...]