tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89787204975214715292011-04-21T20:13:17.727-07:00This is a blog of my life and times as a sustainable agriculture Peace Corps volunteer serving in the jungles of Bocas del Toro, Panama in the pueblito of Nudobti with the Ngabes, the largest indigenous group in Panama. I can usually be found eating pifá or bañandome en el Rio Riscó. I invite you to read on....Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-76534501407616216082008-05-22T13:03:00.001-07:002008-05-22T13:03:09.955-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Kids and animals. One in the same., originally uploaded by Sara of the Jungle!.

Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-51517768477682137182007-12-07T09:38:00.000-08:002007-12-07T09:45:39.871-08:00

Check out this article in Panama´s national newspaper La Prenza about the Peace Corps. Of all 170-some volunteers, the blogs of only two were mentioned, one of them being mine. The article is in Spanish but just scroll to the bottom where my name is mentioned. I´m famous!LA LABOR DEL CUERPO DE PAZ.Un esfuerzo genuino949743Betty Brannan Jaénlaprensadc@aol.comWASHINGTON, D.C. –Mientras que los

Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-35907422110461905842007-10-04T06:57:00.000-07:002007-12-07T09:38:11.170-08:00

Please read this articles from the Miami Herald about the dam project near my community. Where the article was written from is about a 45 minute walk from my house and Ive even meet one of the men mentioned in the article. I have also meet the director of the company AES to ask him how he felt the project is handling the displacement of the people and if there were independent scientists doing

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Check out my little bro´ rocking the taxi driver with my white headed sobrinito de un añito. Precioso, digo yo.

Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-83847260487996026352007-09-24T07:46:00.000-07:002007-09-24T08:08:26.204-07:00

Like I’ve described in past posts, there is a multinational corporation in the area where I work and live which is in the process of damming the River Changuinola, about a 45 minute walk from Nudobti. Now please keep in mind that this project is something that is supported by the Panamanian government, although the area is a nationally protected rainforest and it’s construction will significantly

Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-60548773950773758592007-09-18T07:44:00.000-07:002007-09-18T07:52:24.838-07:00

A Peace Corps friend of mine had a visitor from the states last year who is a professional photographer. All of the amazing photos he took were taken in Nudobti (where I live) and Valle de Risco (neighboring town), including my host familiy´s house (where I lived for 6 months of my young life) and some friends of mine in the community. Check out his website and click on ¨Galleries¨¨and then ¨

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So, I have been collecting Ngäbe myths. Certain things have become such common, excepted knowledge that I too have began too embrace, until I have a moment of clarity and think, ¨Wait a second, that goes against any sort of logic according to my traditional Western upbringing.....¨- When you cut your hair you are to put the clippings under a tall tree so that your hair will grow back quickly and

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So although it took me half of my Peace Corps service to do, I finally put all the photos that I have taken online. In one spot. For all to see. Check her out, although it may take you forever to review them all.http://flickr.com/photos/84362300@N00/Enjoy!

Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-70779837280079876122007-08-14T09:53:00.000-07:002007-08-30T13:32:29.221-07:00

Its amazing how time passes without being noted in the day to day activities of life. And in PeaceCorps/Sara world, this is surely the case. Its true that I have arrived at my one year anniversary in country and my time here is half over, but I still like I have barily scratched the surface of it all. What the hell did I do for the last year of my young life? I know that I moved to Panama, lived

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Despite what one might think, that the Peace Corps is a two year vacation, I am indeed very busy. Yes, it´s true that I spend a lot of my time lounging in my hammock, watching the sun descend upon the horizon, traquiling strumming my banjo in the late afternoon, reading books and working on a mess of craft projects. But I´m a resourceful busy beaver and one all of a sudden has a lot of time on

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My new home is certainly not perfect, but nothing short of amazing because its mine. It finally happened after after 10 straight months of living with host families all over Panama, coast to coast. I began to feel comfortable with the idea of my general state of health, both physical and mental, in the hands of another. From the food they give me and the sanitation practices they abide by (or not

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The small community of Nudobidti, which resides in the protected Palo Seco Forest Reserve, is nestled in the mountains between the Caribbean Coast and the River Changuinola. The climate is very much so the climate of a rain forest with moist rainy breeze, mud for ¨roads¨, every tropical disease known to man (such as Leshmaniasis, Dengue Fever and Malaria to name a few), and glowing green lushness

Sara Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882280355189261129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978720497521471529.post-24546945383441016852007-03-08T07:26:00.000-08:002007-05-03T10:03:13.206-07:00

I told her I wanted to be present when the baby was born. I spend a lot of time with my host-sister Mariella, but because of the way timid Ngäbe culture is, it´s sort of taboo to talk about being pregnant and giving birth or women's health in general, or even admitting to the number of children you have. This always seems very strange to me because there are SO MANY kids everywhere and men

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I don´t know if I believe in formal New Years resolutions, but I do know that the beginning of the new year should be a good time to begin some of those things that you´ve ¨been meaning to do forever¨ or I suppose to pick up where you left off with unfinished business. With that said, this online journal is for those of you who may ask yourself from time to time...¨What the heck is Sara doing out

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