An Earthqake and Tsunami all in one internship!

My blog has been lacking posts for the past few days due to a number of things out of my control but I'm up and running as long as the lights are on....

I woke up to phone calls this weekend from my friends in the states telling me about the upcoming Tsunami that none of us knew about here...guess it's because we don't have a television or electricity so I can't even read Fox News in Greensboro (very reliable hahaha). Being from a place not close to the beach I didn't know exactly what I should do...and that the Earthquake in Chile would effect me the next morning...

The next day at about 0530, the bed in my tent started moving from left to right (strange and unusual feeling) and my books started falling to the ground from the top bunk....I jumped out of the bed and started looking around and trying to find a doorway to hide under...hmmmm...no doorways in the tent....that minute or so felt like hours.....and then there was no lights...only darkness

The begining of the blackout wasn't so bad, there was still water and the ability to do the simplest things (take shower, flush toilet) but as the second day of scattered electricity came to an end, I was left with no water in my tent for showering and toilet flushing....a big thanks to Kendall for her "anywhere" toilet and Mom for her "bathing wipes"...a cellphone with plenty of talk time with no battery power and some shabbat candles...I never thought shabbat candles could be used as a survival tool....

I sat outside my tent one night in the dark...thinking..trying to read and write by candle light....although darkness can be scary, it is also calming...the sound of the ocean and waves crashing against the sand.....

The power has been on today since about noon or so and I've done what every other crazy American would do...I plugged everything in, anticipating the impending doom of darkness...and I took the best shower I've had since I've been here...put on a clean shirt and I feel like I could take over the world....

New Pics

My friend the Iguana that likes to walk on the roof while I'm taking a nap!

A "borro" (donkey) on the football field

Near the river mouth

The beach from the top of the mountain

The sunset from La Tortuga...and then there was the Mosquitos...