we have finally arrived back at totoco after our "2 day"/week-long trip to get molly from managua, and we have a new volunteer with staying with us! not actually with us ... in a tent that is about a 1 minute walk from our little hut, but we will be working together in the gardens. he is from australia, but apparently he has been working for the last three months at another farm in nicaragua learning about permaculture, and he seems to have lots of ideas for the garden. unfortunately he also has gastritis at the moment - which we have been hearing about in great detail, and holy cow, i sincerely hope that i never experience gastritis in my life, ever - so the work has been put off at least until he gets better. we have been urging him to go to the hospital (again) and it seems like he will probably go tomorrow ... we have been feeling pretty bad for him. however, i am mentioning all of this because i learned another natural remedy from him today:
for ulcers (especially) and other stomach problems ---- aloe vera smoothies! not creamy smoothies (no milk, obviously), but just aloe vera pulp, honey, water and maybe something unoffensive like watermelon. apparently they help a lot, and they seem to have been giving him a lot of relief. i tried some today and they dont taste bad at all.
anyway - i forgot my camera again but soon i will post more pictures. we have finally bought our bus ticket so we will officially be here for 2 more weeks. our bus leaves nicaragua on the 21st, and we arrive in panama on the 22nd. our apartment seems like it will be "ready" by then (it will be a surprise when we get there! who knows!), and i will start my job at the foundation right away.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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elizabeth, i forgot to tell you, i recently had a dream and you were in it. it involved us traveling in latin america by means of an inflatable tube going down a river. there were other things but i can't really remember them that well though.
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