Mili en La Selva

Final Day in Mexico

2008-04-03T19:08:38Z

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am the kind of person who is always excited to go on to the next thing. Summer vacation is great, but after three months I’m ready to quit my job(s) and get back into school mode. Equally, a...

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San Cristobol Carnival

2008-03-31T02:43:38Z

So, I went to the Mexican “fair” last night, despite the fact that I am behind on my reading. After turning down my host family multiple times, I finally gave in and justified it with a cultural experience- and cultural experience...

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Sidewalk Wars

2008-03-29T22:10:30Z

It’s awkward at school when you’re on the verge of being late for class, or when you’re driving to work and some moralizer on Longwood Trace insists on going 29 in a 30 and not even 1mph over, forcing you to go several under. You don’t want to be...

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Eggs

2008-03-20T23:45:06Z

Woo is the term I use for non-traditional medicine. It is not necessary disrespectful, but it is meant to imply the fragile nature of its credibility. Today, I was given a woo treatment for my not-so-mysterious illness. Yesterday morning, I star...

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Chamula and Zinacantan

2008-03-19T01:08:43Z

A couple days ago, we visited the twin towns of Chamula and Zinacantan. While they are ethnically similar, they have diverged into two very different and distinct towns, despite the few miles that separate them. Their divergence occurs with a...

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Two cultures, one crop: The significance of Maize

2008-03-13T23:42:36Z

If the discussion of how civilization began isn’t at the head of the line when history class begins, it’s definitely somewhere in the front. This proved to be just as true in Mayan class as it has in Mr. Dennis’ Simpsons-riddled U.S. History. Thi...

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Arriving in San Cristobol

2008-03-11T23:58:00Z

We woke up at 6:30am yesterday to get on the bus at Lacanja before 8:00, and then spent the rest of the day driving, with a short and very pretty break outside of Palenque after we dropped Rebecca off at the bus station there. We finally arrived ...

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Alice in Wondermilpa

2008-03-09T23:52:01Z

After our Maya post-final today, and the last of the ecology presentations, we visited a Mayan milpa. The visit was something out of Alice in Wonderland, with Angela, our host and white rabbit, leading us through the milpa at the mercy of Hugo, o...

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Lacanja

2008-03-09T23:42:41Z

We have spent a couple of days now at Lacanja, type of ecotouristic hotel. We are sleeping and studying in stick huts with bunk beds instead of hammocks, and my particular cabin, like the doubles, is on the river we rafted on this morning. We hav...

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A Near-Life Experience

2008-03-08T23:50:13Z

Unlike in Europe, where you can hop a train to Paris from Madrid for the weekend and explore on your own, the Mexico semester provides planned fun with built-in educational opportunities. Snorkelling is a good example of this, as is hiking throug...

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