Showing posts with label Stories and Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stories and Writing. Show all posts
Thursday, May 15, 2014
dare to dream by victorie Gonzalez
if u are not scared to dream if your not scared to fight for what u want u will be happy in life no matter what life brings you
Monday, April 15, 2013
Level 5 NYC: Maria M's Audio Story
Maria M is one of my talented students. In her audio story, which includes some great music, she shares about her life in Nicaragua (Central America), and the many difficulties she and her family faced after moving to the United States, first in Miami (Florida), to Connecticut to New York City---All in the pursuit of her dreams. Education is clearly important in her life. Her story reveals her dedication and persistence, continuing her university education even after the birth of her son. You may even learn something about the job responsibilities of an accountant. (I really didn't know what accountants do at big companies!)
She completed her audio story in the fall of 2012. (I saw her again last Thursday, and received her permission to share this.)
You can also see Maria performing in The Christmas Truce, with our friends Karina and Madjid.
Below, you will find the audio story, and the text for the narration. Travel with her from Central America and up the coast of the US!
Audio: My Story
Many years ago, I remember my beautiful city of Esteli in Nicaragua, the country where I was born, my high school study in a convent school called (Our Lady of the Rosary College),
Where I had many good friends, great teachers. I enjoyed my classes especially in the field of Spanish where we had to do many exhibitions of books and dramatizations of some stories, was very dynamic, I finished my high school in the year 1992.
Then I study bilingual secretary for two years at a technical school, my career was not over, because I felt the need to seek a better opportunity for the future, even without financial resources, I had help from my mom to finance my career, who take the opportunity to make an application being classified in college in my second option Accounting and finance, because the first choice was Business Administration.
In 1995 I enters college in which the first three years of study in Estelí in public accounting and finances,The career heavy as it applies much mathematics, but mostly much financial analysis of any company, I most enjoyed was the management company, because it was very interesting and very important, Three years after I graduated technician in this career in the year 1997.
Then I moved to the capital of Nicaragua (Managua), where I completed two years of study to get a degree in public accounting.
In the year 1998 my dear son was born at 7 am on the 24th, one of the happiest days of my life. I remember I was going through Nicaragua Hurricane Jeanne, this caused much damage to our country, destroyed houses, bridges,cities were cut off, landslides, volcanoes which killed many people, buried in mud caused by torrential downpours.
After seven months of having my son, I continued my studies at the University, culminating in 1999, I receiving my B.A.
Then I did a job application for a company that was engaged in the purchase and sale of tires for vehicles of all kinds. The tires were from Guatemala, Panama, USA and Ecuador, the brands Goodyear, Continental, Firestone among others, I started working for this company as a bookkeeper where I had many jobs as cash accounts, processing checks for suppliers of the company, verify that all vouchers have complete documentation, record the data in a particular accounting system and do all that the accountant general and administrative department requested. But the area where most enjoyed was serving as Head of the Imports, which was to manage all customs formalities as documentation verifying that the goods were correct and complete payment of customs duties, warehouse service payment, once the merchandise enters into the hold of the company, this has to be prepared for sale, as posting it in the inventory of the company with their respective costs incurred, Check price lists and finally Put into the store for sale. This in itself was entire mechanism when it was concerned with Import.
After four years working in this company I was assigned as a counter, in which my work had much more responsibility to those I already had. I worked for this company for six years, in which every year, I received recognition for my work as well as increases in salary.
In 2006 we decided together with my husband and son to move to U.S.A, for the purpose of seeking the American dream. We first arrived in the city of Miami, which had many experiences. It is noted that it has been very hard. The first jobs are very physical that one acquires, due primarily to the lack of language proficiency. It reduces many opportunities, primarily what we did was to find a school for my son. I signed up immediately, my son came to dominate the language six months after.
My first job was in a factory where all clothing selected under very bad conditions, no air conditioning just fans. Eight hours I was standing, my arms rested not until it was time for lunch. I work one year in this place.
In 2008, we decided to move to the city of New York, in order to continue looking for better opportunities and also wanted to be near my husband's family. We first decided to stay in Connecticut, because there in lie my nephews who assured us work. After a month to live in this place I could not find work and frustration was eminent, then I found a job at a bakery on the recommendation. The schedule was super heavy. I came at 6 pm and did not leave until I finished pack all the bread out of the large ovens. Most of the time I was out at 3 in the morning. It was the same. my arms and legs with long standing pain.
At six months, we finally decided to move to my in-laws in New York, a small apartment, but we had no way out. After three months I got a job in a supermarket where I continuous working. I work six days a week, three days in the area of Deli, two days a cashier, I cook a day, in this area is where I think a lot and I tell myself, I have to keep studying English for many years keep my studies.
We live in New York almost four years. We rented an apartment in which we live alone three. My son is about to start high school. I occasionally go out for a walk in Manhattan, the place I love most is Central Park , Time Square. I'd like the statue of liberate, museums, St. Patrick's Church and other tourist attractions.
Note that my goal is to master the language very well, to get a better job opportunity, and above all be able to go back to my country, Nicaragua, hug my mother with my brothers, to visit my old friends.
She completed her audio story in the fall of 2012. (I saw her again last Thursday, and received her permission to share this.)
You can also see Maria performing in The Christmas Truce, with our friends Karina and Madjid.
Below, you will find the audio story, and the text for the narration. Travel with her from Central America and up the coast of the US!
Audio: My Story
My Story
By: Maria M.
Many years ago, I remember my beautiful city of Esteli in Nicaragua, the country where I was born, my high school study in a convent school called (Our Lady of the Rosary College),
Where I had many good friends, great teachers. I enjoyed my classes especially in the field of Spanish where we had to do many exhibitions of books and dramatizations of some stories, was very dynamic, I finished my high school in the year 1992.
Then I study bilingual secretary for two years at a technical school, my career was not over, because I felt the need to seek a better opportunity for the future, even without financial resources, I had help from my mom to finance my career, who take the opportunity to make an application being classified in college in my second option Accounting and finance, because the first choice was Business Administration.
In 1995 I enters college in which the first three years of study in Estelí in public accounting and finances,The career heavy as it applies much mathematics, but mostly much financial analysis of any company, I most enjoyed was the management company, because it was very interesting and very important, Three years after I graduated technician in this career in the year 1997.
Then I moved to the capital of Nicaragua (Managua), where I completed two years of study to get a degree in public accounting.
In the year 1998 my dear son was born at 7 am on the 24th, one of the happiest days of my life. I remember I was going through Nicaragua Hurricane Jeanne, this caused much damage to our country, destroyed houses, bridges,cities were cut off, landslides, volcanoes which killed many people, buried in mud caused by torrential downpours.
After seven months of having my son, I continued my studies at the University, culminating in 1999, I receiving my B.A.
Then I did a job application for a company that was engaged in the purchase and sale of tires for vehicles of all kinds. The tires were from Guatemala, Panama, USA and Ecuador, the brands Goodyear, Continental, Firestone among others, I started working for this company as a bookkeeper where I had many jobs as cash accounts, processing checks for suppliers of the company, verify that all vouchers have complete documentation, record the data in a particular accounting system and do all that the accountant general and administrative department requested. But the area where most enjoyed was serving as Head of the Imports, which was to manage all customs formalities as documentation verifying that the goods were correct and complete payment of customs duties, warehouse service payment, once the merchandise enters into the hold of the company, this has to be prepared for sale, as posting it in the inventory of the company with their respective costs incurred, Check price lists and finally Put into the store for sale. This in itself was entire mechanism when it was concerned with Import.
After four years working in this company I was assigned as a counter, in which my work had much more responsibility to those I already had. I worked for this company for six years, in which every year, I received recognition for my work as well as increases in salary.
In 2006 we decided together with my husband and son to move to U.S.A, for the purpose of seeking the American dream. We first arrived in the city of Miami, which had many experiences. It is noted that it has been very hard. The first jobs are very physical that one acquires, due primarily to the lack of language proficiency. It reduces many opportunities, primarily what we did was to find a school for my son. I signed up immediately, my son came to dominate the language six months after.
My first job was in a factory where all clothing selected under very bad conditions, no air conditioning just fans. Eight hours I was standing, my arms rested not until it was time for lunch. I work one year in this place.
In 2008, we decided to move to the city of New York, in order to continue looking for better opportunities and also wanted to be near my husband's family. We first decided to stay in Connecticut, because there in lie my nephews who assured us work. After a month to live in this place I could not find work and frustration was eminent, then I found a job at a bakery on the recommendation. The schedule was super heavy. I came at 6 pm and did not leave until I finished pack all the bread out of the large ovens. Most of the time I was out at 3 in the morning. It was the same. my arms and legs with long standing pain.
At six months, we finally decided to move to my in-laws in New York, a small apartment, but we had no way out. After three months I got a job in a supermarket where I continuous working. I work six days a week, three days in the area of Deli, two days a cashier, I cook a day, in this area is where I think a lot and I tell myself, I have to keep studying English for many years keep my studies.
We live in New York almost four years. We rented an apartment in which we live alone three. My son is about to start high school. I occasionally go out for a walk in Manhattan, the place I love most is Central Park , Time Square. I'd like the statue of liberate, museums, St. Patrick's Church and other tourist attractions.
Note that my goal is to master the language very well, to get a better job opportunity, and above all be able to go back to my country, Nicaragua, hug my mother with my brothers, to visit my old friends.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Hakima's Arts Memory!
Hi Students,
I wanna share one of my drawing memory, this picture has four years ago, I draw it while I had been here in New York City for two months, it's an imaginary because I was looking for a mosque in the surrounding area. So, for me and my imaginary its looked like this.
I wanna share one of my drawing memory, this picture has four years ago, I draw it while I had been here in New York City for two months, it's an imaginary because I was looking for a mosque in the surrounding area. So, for me and my imaginary its looked like this.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
THE NEW YORK CITY. (by Olga)
Hello my name is Olga.
I like NY city because is totally different to my country. I was very happy when I came to NY city at night there were many lights many buildings. I happy to be in the US and thus have a chance to study English.
My teacher is very smart. His program is very very good. Your lessons are easy to understand. The students are heartily satisfied with you...
Thanks for everything Eric!!!
I like NY city because is totally different to my country. I was very happy when I came to NY city at night there were many lights many buildings. I happy to be in the US and thus have a chance to study English.
My teacher is very smart. His program is very very good. Your lessons are easy to understand. The students are heartily satisfied with you...
Thanks for everything Eric!!!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
My little LIMERICKS!
Hello students,
today I wanna share with you a LIMERICKS technique that I do like it so fare. So, I wish you a great listening. Enjoy!
today I wanna share with you a LIMERICKS technique that I do like it so fare. So, I wish you a great listening. Enjoy!
WRITING LIMERICKS
Today, I fell so glad
Because I went to chad
I saw all people are sad
They like post a lot of ad
That make them sad
Please, I advice you, don't be bad.This activity is so funny
To do it, it doesn't need money
Do you know who is jimmy?
If you wanna be like Nizar Kabbany
So, Just do it and be brainy!Saturday, March 30, 2013
JUST DO IT. RUNNING!
First at all, I wanna thanks our teachers Mr. Hakim and Mr. Eric for theirs helps and
encouragement to do all this activities that will be helpful for our learning and seeing how
our blog grow up so fast.
Thanks a million, Teachers. You're the best.
I am a student and an English learner, since 10 months I got a new language in my life that I’m using it right now and feel how it could be helpful and wonderful to use it.
encouragement to do all this activities that will be helpful for our learning and seeing how
our blog grow up so fast.
Thanks a million, Teachers. You're the best.
MY WRITING
Hello everyone, do
you know who I am? No!! oky! Let’s go, my name is Madjid CHIBANE I’m 27 years
old I'm from two beautiful cities called Algiers and Bejaia, situated in
Algeria. Now I’m living in New York City enjoying my new life here as I did it
everywhere I go.
I am a student and an English learner, since 10 months I got a new language in my life that I’m using it right now and feel how it could be helpful and wonderful to use it.
I am a Graphic Designer and Printer
Operator, I studied Arts and
graphic industries at the national institute. I do like my specialty that gives
me everyday new tricks.
I am an adventurer, I know
that if I get a chance I’ll discover and
visit all places around the world, as I have done in my country
being in many different
places during the days of the
weekend.
I am a guitar player, usually in my free time I take my
guitar and play some musical pieces. I listen all genre of music around me
(classical music, jazz, rock, pop, kabyle music,…etc).
I am a naturalist, I always liked being in a place that
has not construction. Surrounded by green,
yellow and blue colors. Its amazing to be there to feel the natural atmosphere and force.
I am an internet user, honestly, I cannot live without the
internet. It is the way to make me updated by using different programs and
tools.
Hey guys, maybe you wanna know more about me, so be prepared
to be continued and of course, “ JUST DO IT RUNNING!”
Friday, March 29, 2013
Level 4 NYC: The New Creature
Davila is eager to share his introduction with all of you. He tells us about his career, where he's from, and some of his favorite things. He also writes about a difficult time in his life, and how he found peace.
I encourage all of my students write about what is most important to them in their lives. What is written here represents his opinions and his beliefs. In this story, Davila is sharing things about his life for the first time with the class. I think he is being brave, and I am very proud of him. Thank you, Davila.
-Eric, NYC
Hello everybody!!!
This is a short story of my life. My name is Nedin Davila but my families call me Bonie. I was born in Panama, but my parents are from Puerto Rico. I lived all my life in Puerto Rico. It was a hot country and the people call “The Island of the fruits and nuts”. My favorite food is chicken guise with white rice. I am Practical Certified Attendant, Home Health Aid and I am a Nursing school graduated. I came to New York in 1996 to visit a friend and stay because I love winter. The cold weather makes me feel fresh; my country is too hot. I took dance class in my 20s, love painting and swimming. But the more important for me in this moment of my life is let you know how wonderful are the love of Jesus Christ. God used my brother to talk to me about Jesus Christ (The word of God). I lived in a man’s body but in a wrong mind. One day my brother say to me, Bonie read the word of God because “ye come to hear the word of God ”. I can see on my brother life how come God make a wonderful change on his life. My past experience teach me how real is spiritual life. Its a spiritual world that we can not see, but is real, and the demons make a influences in our minds. The following pictures show my before and after and how wrong my life was before. I learned that the bible is the mind of God and that’s why my mind changes. I wish all of your dreams make come true and one day, not too far, we can get together and talk personally. Blessings!!!
I encourage all of my students write about what is most important to them in their lives. What is written here represents his opinions and his beliefs. In this story, Davila is sharing things about his life for the first time with the class. I think he is being brave, and I am very proud of him. Thank you, Davila.
-Eric, NYC
The New Creature
Hello everybody!!!
This is a short story of my life. My name is Nedin Davila but my families call me Bonie. I was born in Panama, but my parents are from Puerto Rico. I lived all my life in Puerto Rico. It was a hot country and the people call “The Island of the fruits and nuts”. My favorite food is chicken guise with white rice. I am Practical Certified Attendant, Home Health Aid and I am a Nursing school graduated. I came to New York in 1996 to visit a friend and stay because I love winter. The cold weather makes me feel fresh; my country is too hot. I took dance class in my 20s, love painting and swimming. But the more important for me in this moment of my life is let you know how wonderful are the love of Jesus Christ. God used my brother to talk to me about Jesus Christ (The word of God). I lived in a man’s body but in a wrong mind. One day my brother say to me, Bonie read the word of God because “ye come to hear the word of God ”. I can see on my brother life how come God make a wonderful change on his life. My past experience teach me how real is spiritual life. Its a spiritual world that we can not see, but is real, and the demons make a influences in our minds. The following pictures show my before and after and how wrong my life was before. I learned that the bible is the mind of God and that’s why my mind changes. I wish all of your dreams make come true and one day, not too far, we can get together and talk personally. Blessings!!!
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| Before |
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| After |
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Level 5 NYC: Maria's Audio Story
Maria H. was a successful businessperson in Mexico, owning and operating a wholesale egg distribution company. And she built her company "from scratch." When she moved to New York City, she dreamed of expanding her business in Mexico. But life in NYC can be difficult for anyone, and she found that she would have to "build from scratch" all over again.
Note: to build something from scratch is an idiom. It means: to build from the beginning, or to build from nothing.
Listen to her audio story below, and read along with the text.
-Eric, NYC
I was 16 when I started working for an egg distributor as an associate and learned the trade. I learned to distinguish the difference in quality of eggs. After three years I shared my interest with my boss of opening my own business, I thought he might not agree, but he encourage me and offered his support if I needed.
After I began to plan how to start working, first I started working from my mother house buying from wholesale for one year, then I opened a small store where I sold the product in retail and wholesale. After long time working hard, I could start buying from farms.
First of all, everything in NY was completely different. The way people live in a very small place compared to the way I lived in Mexico, I felt like a bird in a cage, walking from one place to another in the apartment, finding halls and other doors before I found the street. There were no people that I knew at that time.
I did not stop thinking about all my things I had left in Mexico, but life continued and another hard thing was to find work and started working as a worker again. My first job was a kitchen helper.
Nothing compared to the work that I used to do. I worked in the restaurant for a while, cleaning vegetables, helping people to prepare different kind of things, until a friend of mine told me that a friend of his opened a new Laundromat. They needed someone to run the store and I accepted.
At the beginning I felt scared because I didn’t speak much English. This work helped me to feel more confident and secure in many aspects because I had to take care of the store and relate with people of other cultures. It opened my mind to new experiences of something that I enjoyed.
Working in the store was a great experience, it helped me to improve my English and I felt more confident with the other people because I worked there as if it had been my own business. After a while, I started making decision in regards to the store and it made me feel good. I worked there for a long time until I solved my immigration status to start making plans about how to build my own business again.
Note: to build something from scratch is an idiom. It means: to build from the beginning, or to build from nothing.
Listen to her audio story below, and read along with the text.
-Eric, NYC
Maria's Story
I never thought things in my life would change 360 degrees, but it happened and I had to start working in a new stage in my life.
Coming to New York City was a hard decision I had to make because I was a business woman in Mexico. I had to leave everything behind after I had worked for years to build my own business. The first thing I planned when I got to the US was to find a job and work hard to save up money to expand my business in Mexico. This was not as easy as I thought it would be.
I was 16 when I started working for an egg distributor as an associate and learned the trade. I learned to distinguish the difference in quality of eggs. After three years I shared my interest with my boss of opening my own business, I thought he might not agree, but he encourage me and offered his support if I needed.
After I began to plan how to start working, first I started working from my mother house buying from wholesale for one year, then I opened a small store where I sold the product in retail and wholesale. After long time working hard, I could start buying from farms.
First of all, everything in NY was completely different. The way people live in a very small place compared to the way I lived in Mexico, I felt like a bird in a cage, walking from one place to another in the apartment, finding halls and other doors before I found the street. There were no people that I knew at that time.
I did not stop thinking about all my things I had left in Mexico, but life continued and another hard thing was to find work and started working as a worker again. My first job was a kitchen helper.
Nothing compared to the work that I used to do. I worked in the restaurant for a while, cleaning vegetables, helping people to prepare different kind of things, until a friend of mine told me that a friend of his opened a new Laundromat. They needed someone to run the store and I accepted.
At the beginning I felt scared because I didn’t speak much English. This work helped me to feel more confident and secure in many aspects because I had to take care of the store and relate with people of other cultures. It opened my mind to new experiences of something that I enjoyed.
Working in the store was a great experience, it helped me to improve my English and I felt more confident with the other people because I worked there as if it had been my own business. After a while, I started making decision in regards to the store and it made me feel good. I worked there for a long time until I solved my immigration status to start making plans about how to build my own business again.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Level 5 NYC: Rolling (Carolina's Audio Story)
Like many of us, I think, Carolina has wanderlust (the innate desire to travel). After getting married, Carolina and her husband traveled for many months through South America, Central America, and finishing her trip with a submarine ride to Antartica!
a yellow submarine
In Carolina's audio story, Rolling, she takes us with her. And with each new destination, we'll hear music from that country. Play the audio story and read along with her text below, which includes images from her trip.
-Eric, NYC
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ROLLING
you never know where is going to take you; but that is exactly the idea, let life
surprise you and then, pack your bags back full of unforgettable memories. Good
and bad experience but all of them unrepeatable; experience full of flavors from
each traditional food and rich in energy, because it is literally what you need,
when you decide to live a dream for one and a half year being awake.
This is how on January 10 -2011 everything started.
Two tickets to Ecuador; one with the name of my husband and the other with
mine, were the farewell to Bogota city and the rain that love wetting the street of
this Colombian capital. Now a big sunshine was going to wake us up every
morning, and we were looking forward for this moment.
The itinerary was Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina and Chile; six
countries in the same continent but absolutely different each other.
Ecuador: Invited us to get in a beautiful and clean ocean in Montañita and enjoy
the warm and white sand in Salinas, without forget the relaxing and healthy hot
spring waters in Baños.
Montañita’s
beach in Ecuador
Bolivia:
With the expectation of a country you think you know because are gentle neighbors,
we learned every day about a culture is still looking around the way to keep
growing up.
Places
some people have no idea exist in the map and in my opinion are just natural
miracles. Coroico, La paz, Tupiza, Samaipata, Copa cabana and Salt flats in
Uyuni; Salt flats, the perfect way to find a mineral can be turned in a
stunning painting; a perfect giant extension of neat salt with a pretty little
hotel in the middle built in salt. Walls, beds, sofas, art all made in salt.
Bolivia,
a real paradise they have no idea they have.
Salt
flats in Bolivia
Brazil:
Here we are. Too much to talk about this country no just because it is huge in
size; It is huge in happiness, good energy and Samba, one of my favorites music
genres.
We arrive
to Campo Grande; nice place and then we took a bus to Bonito; a place called
Bonito has to be beautiful, because that is exactly what this word means in
Spanish and Portuguese, beauty.
Maceio,
Maragogi and Porto galhenas ; their natural pools make this three towns the
most romantic place to live a real sweet experience.
And then
came what you expect about Brazil; Carnival. We did it in Salvador city.
This is
called the “the singles carnival” so it is impossible to describe the intensity provides
this colorful festival. Men and women from all the world have a common place to
live the life of carnival like never before and may be like never again.
All the
excesses in alcohol, food, people,
music, smile faces and friends. This was the place where everybody that stayed
in the hostel “casa amigo” became in a family. Always together from the first day
until carnival closed the doors to the party and opened the streets back to the
busy traffic.
Brazilian
Carnival in Salvador City
But we had to keep rolling so, Mojo de Sao Paulo, Olinda, Canoa Quebrada, Fortaleza and Sao Luis were still waiting for our visit.
Nothing like drinking a beer in the middle of the city with the Amazon River in front of you. This was in Belem; a big city with the Amazon River almost touching our feet was an amazing experience; but we had a last place to visit and this is a place I am never going to forget. Lancois Maranhenses; stretches of sand with a natural bright gave me the most spiritual experience ever. Dunes with natural pools made from the rain and the seawater getting mixed with the sweet and fresh river’s water, is something you cannot see very often. The three waters of the world in the same picture make this place unique.
Lancois
showed me you don’t have to wait to die to be in heaven. The
best way to say good-bye to this gorgeous country.
Lancois
Maranhenses in Brazil
Peru;
Beautiful with two special places that caught my eye.
Huacachina, a desert with a tiny town in the middle, and this town has a beautiful lake in there. It is a oasis, something than in pictures looks like a Photoshop work; and Nazca lines; have the opportunity to over flight the lines and try to find the meaning of this mysterious revelation was something out of this world.
What really made me love Peru was the gastronomy. The most tasty seafood and ceviches with the most exquisite ingredients makes Peru the number one place to eat and drink pisco sour in all south America.
Huacachina
Peru
The next
two countries took us on a very different way.
They made us an experts in something we keep enjoying in home; the wines
world.
We walked every winery in Argentina and Chile in very fun tours they offer you where the wine is the only objective of everyone.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Carmenere, are some in the list as the best way to taste a grape .
Now it was time to go back to Colombia and we did it; but with travel happens the same than with some drugs, you become an addict to the adrenaline, the unknown, the adventure.
So, we decided to follow our instincts .
Harvest festival in Mendoza, Argentina
For the second adventure we booked Panama, Guatemala, Paraguay and Honduras.
Panama; A very organized country with a huge
American influence; but we were not in Panama to feel in USA so, we left Panama
City to continue with the plan.
Boquete, Boca Brava, Bocas del Toro, and Punta Burica; this
last one, a beach Paradise. To find the only option we had to sleep, we had to
walk quickly for 3 hours, before nigh fall.
All this exhausting walk got a reward…in front of
us one little cabin with out walls or
windows; just a clean and comfortable
bed that was waiting for our tired bodies and was going to offer us the most
beautiful view of the best scenery in
the world, the infinite sea. This was our favorite home in this country.
Punta Burica, Panama
Guatemala; In front of
the Atitan lake you can find nice hostels with stunning views of the lake; but
this place made me feel for a little
while in the TV show “lost”.
An amazing place with a very characteristic culture had to
accept how the lake makes them feel so proud, is the same without mercy
is taking every house on its shores. Just the rooftop of some houses
were one day hostel, churches or stores are who remind us one day they existed.
And it is impossible not to talk about the Mayan temples in
Tikal; the culture that has prophesied the end of the world at the end of the
month; December 2012!!
Tikal, Guatemala.
Atitlan Lake.
Paraguay; Another carnival week brought to my mind
flash back of my first carnival in Brazil.
Encarnacion, Paraguay
Honduras; Isla Roatan; the opportunity to live the
most fun and irresponsible adventure in
a tiny submarine 2000 feet deep in the water, where the only thing you find in
this depth is simple; it is a new planet. Rocks than looks like strong flowers
, fish that may be confused with work tools and animals you don’t know what
they exactly are, but move very softly dancing in front of you; A very
impressive performance.
A submarine without any kind of regulation and just allowed in this island made this adventure very irresponsible but absolutely unforgettable.
Roatan Island
And after all this year and a half, imposing mountains of ice
were waiting to give us their blessing. The end of this fantastic tour is
Antarctica, our honeymoon. The last experience before moving to the United
States and becoming serious citizen.
I’m never going to forget the first time I opened the window of my cabin in the boat the morning after crossing the artic circle.
This is something everyone should have the opportunity to experience; the paradise built in ice and snow with elegant penguins exited to see humans and unique red sunsets than matched perfect with the impressive icebergs floating on the water.
Antarctica
Now New York City. Back to the reality that for me is a very exiting reality.
The adventure is not over; this was just the beginning.
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