They really, really do love us! We have FINALLY been officially invited to join Peace Corps service in Panama! We are BEYOND excited- Panama is a beautiful country with modern amenities (for those not-so-campy travelers), without the mass quantities of tourists or over-manicured resorts.
We have been told that we will be living 2-16 hours outside of Panama City (however we are not sure if this is by foot, boat or car) and living either in a village or with an indigenous tribe. If we (like 70% of our fellow Peace Corps Panama Volunteers) end up in a village, we will be living in either a cinder-block house with concrete floor, or an adobe house with a zinc roof- just like the locals. On the other hand, if we are like the other 30% of our fellow Panama PC Volunteers, we will be living with an Indigenous tribe in either a grass hut or a bamboo hut on stilts overlooking a river.
We have not been told what area of the country we will be living in yet, whether or not we will have running water, phone service, or the internet for that matter. We will certainly do our best to update this blog as often as possible with postings, information, status updates, and of course-everybody's favorite- photos!
We would love for everyone to write us back and leave posts up for us to read- as I'm sure that we will (eventually) get home-sick.
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Brandon and I will be serving in Panama as Peace Corps Volunteers from April 16th, 2008 until June 24th, 2010! This blog is intended to keep our travels fresh in our memories and enable our friends and families to share in our journey with us.
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"Hermana Ashley Gries y Hermano Brandon"
Cuerpo de Paz-Panamá
Edificio 104, 1er PISO
Avenida Vicente Bonilla
Ciudad del Saber, Clayton
Panamá, Rebublica de Panamá
Please make sure to address the package to "Hermana Ashley...." and/or "Padre Brandon..." as well as placing religous sayings and stickers on the outside of the package (Specifically on the ´joints´so that they would have to cut through the sticker to get into it). This will aid in preventing it from being opened- and hopefully getting to us sooner. Also, please number your packages so we know if we are missing one (or two, or three)!
"Hermana Ashley Gries y Hermano Brandon"
Cuerpo de Paz-Panamá
Edificio 104, 1er PISO
Avenida Vicente Bonilla
Ciudad del Saber, Clayton
Panamá, Rebublica de Panamá
Please make sure to address the package to "Hermana Ashley...." and/or "Padre Brandon..." as well as placing religous sayings and stickers on the outside of the package (Specifically on the ´joints´so that they would have to cut through the sticker to get into it). This will aid in preventing it from being opened- and hopefully getting to us sooner. Also, please number your packages so we know if we are missing one (or two, or three)!
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We are safe, clean and fed, but it is the little things that make it feel like home.
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1 comment:
Hey, welcome to Panama! Okay, by now you've been in-country for a while, but I just found your blog. I'm also posting news/photos online. I arrived with Group60 for EH work last year and was posted in the Comarca NB.
Saludos!
Julie H.
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