Archive for January, 2008

Jan 28 2008

Immersion

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Today I made three phone calls entirely in Spanish, visited one English-free indigenous home and went to one Spanish-only birthday party. Would you like to hear all about it? Great. Thanks. I took a huge leap and decided to stay here another week. After I get back from Costa Rica I hope to move to [...]

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Jan 27 2008

From Coast to Coast

Published by under Travel,Video

A gale from the mountain howled down in blasts all last night. I dreamed about hurricanes. At 1:30 a.m. the Christian revival was still going strong, more electric than ever and carried on the winds. Maria had a full day planned for us, so at 5:45 a.m. we got ready to leave Jaibalito. On the [...]

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Jan 26 2008

New-Time Religion

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Here are a few shots of Jaibalito. In the background you’ll hear some of the Pentecostal singing that started at 7 a.m. and is still going strong at 10 p.m. Most of the day it’s been men’s voices, but this funky little audio sample has the women. Get the Flash Player to see this content. [...]

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