hello followers of my blog, if you exist... I have moved to a new location: http://sageintranslation.wordpress.com/ this place seems a bit messy and difficult to navigate... please update your bookmarks!! xoxo, sharon [View Full Entry]

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I can’t believe this is only my first weekend here in San Pedro Sula. I feel pretty comfortable here in my neighbourhood. People are starting to get used to my face around here and my surroundings feel less strange and hostile than they did in the first couple days. A couple of blocks from my house there is a ‘bulevar deportivo’, or a sports boulevard where from 5-7am and 5-7pm it is safe for people to come and jog around the string of blocks that act as a 1km running track for the 4 designated hours . In the middle is [View Full Entry]

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I have safely arrived in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. I am a grad student at the University of Toronto studying urban planning. I will be in Honduras for the next three months, working on a planning project with the Municipality of San Pedro Sula, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). To be honest, when I first found out that my proposal to work in El Ocotillo, a garbage dump community north east of central San Pedro Sula was accepted by the CIDA/AUCC summer internship program, Students for Development, I was nervous. My spanish skills are very basic and I [View Full Entry]

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