Tuesday, May 8, 2012

David Sees Seashells by the Seashore.

 The site of my two week spring camp, El Hoceima, this has been one of my favorite cities in Morocco. The fish (namely the calamari) was some of the best I've had in a really long time.

I normally am against putting pictures that include myself that can disrupt the natural beauty of a nature shot, however on occasion I choose to do so for several reasons: A. So family and friends can see I'm in good spirits and eating reasonably well. 2. To show I'm not totally bald yet. D. They're my pictures! I can be selfish every once in a while!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

One month living out of a backpack.

Trains, buses and taxis were my friends this past month. Packing up my clothes and things I set off for a month away from home. Starting off I had a two week spring camp to work in the beautiful beach town of El Hoceima where several other volunteers and I taught english to about 50 youth. We played random assortments of games and were fortunate to spend most afternoons at the beach where I played beach volleyball most days (rough life, I know.) After those two weeks I made my way to a small town about six hours south of the coast where a group of new volunteers were in training. I spent four days with them, talking about what the next few months will hold for them and how to integrate into their new towns. It's crazy to think that I am no longer in the group of "new" volunteers in this country and am quickly approaching the 8 month mark. From the training with the new volunteers I traveled into Rabat where I had a week long training with seven other youth development volunteers. We are preparing to implement a new 53 session program of life skills for the youth in our towns. Overall this last month went great, and towards the end of this month I will hopefully be getting a new site mate which would double the American population of my town.