Chapincita

"Your only limitations are those you place on yourself."

Pyrrha Rivers

46 / Female

Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA

About Chapincita

Budding Member | Member since 30th Mar 07

Citizenship: USA
Previous Name (ie Maiden): Stokes
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Teacher
About Chapincita:

Born in Guatemala to parents of Jamaican decent. My grandmother spoke English to us at home and tha's how I learned.
I teach Spanish in an elementary school (grades 3-5) and I'm traveling in search of cultural enrichment for myself which I will in turn pass on to my students.

Hobbies:

Reading, traveling, ethnic dining.

Favourite places:

Waiting to be discovered. I'll get back to this soon.

Activity : photos (4) forum (5) guide (0) blog (2) diary (0) trips (1)

Latest Blog Entry

We´re in Pamama

Posted by Chapincita | 29th June 2007

Hello all,
We have made it to Panamá.
We arrived yesterday at around 3:30 pm and have spent time talking with family and getting acquainted with new members we are just now meeting.
During the previous part of the trip posting to this forum was not very convenient since the cafés are usually crowded and we often had someone waiting for us.
Here, my nieces have a computer so I decided to post a little update.
The Guatemala highlands portion of the trip was a wonderful start.
We spent time in the home of an amazing Maya family. Our missionary friend has established a school in a large upstairs room where we held English class on a Saturday afternoon in spite of very heavy rains that fell just prior to the start of the class. I was certain that no students would come but we had seven, including a woman who walked a very long and treacherous way to attend class and stayed the night. The other students were five boys and a girl ranging in age between 8 and 15.
The following day we ha

Continued | Central American Adventure