One week left!
Well I'm finally back! There is definitely a limit on internet access here but I'm trying. I've arrived in Barquisimeto in the state of Lara and it's an actual city with stores and wireless!! I'm a happy camper! You can take away my phone but please don't take away my internet access ever again!
Well where to start?...We are at our fourth and final destination prior to returning to the conference in Maracaibo on the 28th. We spent one week (actually 9 days) in Coro in the state of Falcon including 2.5 days at the beach where it rained...when it hasn't rained for months there!!! The people there were great fun and it's a colonial city that has some beautiful buildings and cobblestone streets. It seems I'm collecting my fair share of religious icons! I know you'll all get a kick out of that but it's true. I have several items to protect my soul (which could really use it), several pamphlets from masses I've been to (yes mom, masses plural!), a prayer card, a rosary and last but not least a poster of Jesus! (a really big poster). So now you all know what you're getting!!!
After Coro we went to San Felipe in the state of Yaracuy, a beautiful place with mountains and tropical flowers and beach not too far away (although we didn't get there...it's not all fun and games here!!) We did get to see "The Dance of the Spirits" which is a play that reminded me a bit of Tony & Tina's wedding (for those of you who saw it). Very participatory, only with hot coals, body piercings and removals, trances and exorcisms. (It was about withcraft being practiced in the hills of Yaracuy by the indigenous people.) During the entire thing the cast was passing around bottles of rum and whiskey which I thought must be tinted water but NO, lo and behold they passed them to the audience and it was definitely alcohol - which we proceeded to share with 30 people we didn't know...I know most of you are saying YUK but the truth is it was safer than the water!!!
Rotary Info - It's funny that when GSE teams come to the US they stay mostly in one state and visit the clubs there, for instance in CT we have 62 clubs. Here in VZ we are visiting 4 separate states (1 five hours from another) and they have a total of 58 clubs in the entire district which is comprised of 11 states. The original clubs in the states we have visited typically haven't allowed women but the clubs that are offshoots do but the amount of Rotary Ann clubs is amazing. There is an entire support system of women working behind the scenes of the Rotary clubs (and from what I can see they do a fair amount of the work - no surprise there).
Well, that's enough for tonight! It looks like I'll be able to keep up from here this week so write me soon and I promise to respond individually!!
Well where to start?...We are at our fourth and final destination prior to returning to the conference in Maracaibo on the 28th. We spent one week (actually 9 days) in Coro in the state of Falcon including 2.5 days at the beach where it rained...when it hasn't rained for months there!!! The people there were great fun and it's a colonial city that has some beautiful buildings and cobblestone streets. It seems I'm collecting my fair share of religious icons! I know you'll all get a kick out of that but it's true. I have several items to protect my soul (which could really use it), several pamphlets from masses I've been to (yes mom, masses plural!), a prayer card, a rosary and last but not least a poster of Jesus! (a really big poster). So now you all know what you're getting!!!
After Coro we went to San Felipe in the state of Yaracuy, a beautiful place with mountains and tropical flowers and beach not too far away (although we didn't get there...it's not all fun and games here!!) We did get to see "The Dance of the Spirits" which is a play that reminded me a bit of Tony & Tina's wedding (for those of you who saw it). Very participatory, only with hot coals, body piercings and removals, trances and exorcisms. (It was about withcraft being practiced in the hills of Yaracuy by the indigenous people.) During the entire thing the cast was passing around bottles of rum and whiskey which I thought must be tinted water but NO, lo and behold they passed them to the audience and it was definitely alcohol - which we proceeded to share with 30 people we didn't know...I know most of you are saying YUK but the truth is it was safer than the water!!!
Rotary Info - It's funny that when GSE teams come to the US they stay mostly in one state and visit the clubs there, for instance in CT we have 62 clubs. Here in VZ we are visiting 4 separate states (1 five hours from another) and they have a total of 58 clubs in the entire district which is comprised of 11 states. The original clubs in the states we have visited typically haven't allowed women but the clubs that are offshoots do but the amount of Rotary Ann clubs is amazing. There is an entire support system of women working behind the scenes of the Rotary clubs (and from what I can see they do a fair amount of the work - no surprise there).
Well, that's enough for tonight! It looks like I'll be able to keep up from here this week so write me soon and I promise to respond individually!!
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