El Sitio was showing the film "A Recycled Life," and we knew we had to see it. It was nominated for best short documentary of the year and is about the 1700 or so people (babies, kids, mothers, old people) who live and work in the enormous landfill in Guatemala City. It is also about a young American woman (from Maine) who came to Antigua to study Spanish, saw the dump and the people who live there, and never left, working continuously to help these people. It is an absolutely incredible story. I will not tell you more, because it is really important that you SEE this film, even if you think the subject is not something you want to think about. I will be taking a survey (or why don't I just watch for comments here) to see who has seen it and to hear your reactions. I believe you can read more about it at www.safepassage.org. It´s available on DVD, along with the additional footage added after the Academy Awards.
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3 Months in Guatemala! The final 10 entries or so (top) are reflexions about our experiences, things we learned, stories we were told. The rest of the blog is an ongoing journal which I wrote and posted as we traveled. It includes lots of photos, which you may click to see larger. To view the entries from earlier in our trip, just keep paging down or click on the months on the right or choose a label below. We're back home in Costa Rica now and will try to keep you posted on our regular blog at The Edgeclinger & The Tall Guy.
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- Have backpack will travel. Laurie is still clinging to the edges of the earth. Gene is still never sure what to expect when Laurie says "I could live here."