Jun 3, 2013 | Learning, Musings
I spent a little less than a month volunteering at Project Bona Fide on the finca in the town of Balgue on Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. I was supposed to go home a few months ago in April once my volunteer time in Costa Rica came to an end, but I felt like Nicaragua...
May 11, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The morning began with a craze of last minute preparations for the big seed exchange that has been in preparation for months. It’s going to become an annual event in line with neighborday to help connect the community and as a platform to teach rural farmers about...
Apr 26, 2013 | Learning, Musings
Change of plans, big surprise. Things are constantly changing, ebbing and flowing. I thought I was going to be working with O Parks and Wildlife Reserve, but after further experiences, I have decided to come work at Project Bona Fide for the next month. I know I will...
Apr 12, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The journey that had taken me four hours when I went to get Nisha four days earlier. It only took two hours this time around. Somehow, I managed to remember every single corner I had stopped and asked for directions on and just rolled through. It was almost as if...
Apr 5, 2013 | Learning, Musings
It was really tough to leave Rancho Margot, but it had to be done. Even though I am traveling and on the road, I felt like I was at home at the Ranch and I wasn’t traveling anymore. Even though I continued to learn new things every day, everything had become so...
Mar 17, 2013 | Learning, Musings
It has been ten days since I have written here. I’ve lost all sense of time here at Rancho Margot and it’s so liberating not to carry around a phone or a wallet all the time. Time moves fast here and I’m excited to get up every single morning and...
