Pictures from Panama

June photos from Panama.

https://picasaweb.google.com/paulspicturesfromabroad/JunePanama

Pictures of my ride to Antofagasta and the house I'm staying at

http://picasaweb.google.com/paulspicturesfromabroad/ArrivalAntofagasta#

Last night I was watching a little bit of the Chilean rodeo on tv and they had an event where two men on horses prodded a cow into running himself into a barrier ... the more the cow got knocked off his feet the more points the cowboys scored. 

And of course as always the hispanic announcers were terrific. Cuatro Puntos! Cuatro Puntos! Cuatro Puuuuunnnnntttttttooooooooooooossss!!!!

The first day of the next eight months

I've successfully arrived in Antofagasta. I have so much to say about everything that I feel like I need an epic post to do so. So all I will say for the moment is that my situation here is good and even better than expected. I've met my host family and like them and have met some students and think I might be able to survive them

PS -- http://picasaweb.google.com/paulspicturesfromabroad/SantiagoEndofWeekOne#

and now we have picture

and I've created a photo website (http://picasaweb.google.com/paulspicturesfromabroad) to accompany this blog.

Right now the only thing posted there is some pictures of my trip to NY that I took in February with Erin and Jesus. I believe there are also some skiing photos mixed in. Probably the most interesting photos in the album are the ones at the end of the Durian fruit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian) The smell was not AS horrible as wikipedia would suggest. However, that said, when we tried to bring some back from NY, its stench started to become overpowering and we had to toss it out in NJ even though we had kept it in the trunk of the car. The texture was custardy and the taste was sort of bland though it had a tangy, oniony aftertaste.