Cada dia aqui hay una otra aventura

I just finished my second day of teaching & successfully downloaded the first bunch of pictures from my camera to my friend Alejandra's computer. Believe it or not, you are closer to seeing photos on this blog than you were yesterday.

Yesterday I spent 5 hours at the offices of FOMMA, an organization of indigenous Mayan women. They have a theatre group & I did an hour of stretching, Dance of Life & aerobics with them. Following that we had lunch together. After our sandwiches I demonstrated a technique for making quick half masks. We made two & will make more on Tuesday when I will teach there again.

The first hour at FOMMA I had the privelege of taking the class being offered by Yakira Teitel. Yakira is a young woman that I know for the past 14 years, ever since she was a camper at Camp Winnarainbow. It was touching for me to see her as a grown young woman, pursuing her dreams, bringing so much of what she learned at Camp with her. Yakira then stayed & participated in my class.

Last evening we made abig dinner at the house of Luix. It was American Thanksgiving & three of us were Americans. The other three were thankful they weren't Americans. I made chicken & chorizo, like I do in Vancouver. We danced, laughed & ate well.

Today I taught teachers in an after-school day care program. That too was much fun. It is exhausting teaching in Spanish, but each time I do it my language skills take a monumental jump. I spend the evening before each class researching words that I will need for the workshop & come away with another pocket full of palabras.

After today's class I went to the gym & lifted weights before going to lunch with friends. Tomorrow we have a party for the opening of a new restaurant, so more dancing, laughing & eating are in store.

Next week I am scheduled to go to Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of Chiapas to do a long weekend workshop with professional actors that I worked with when I was here in Feb/March. Tuxtla is at sea level & warm, unlike San Cristobal, which is quite high in the mountains. The house I am staying in is even higher than the town of San Cristobal de las Casas, where I spend my days. Alejandra's home is up the highest mountain in this area.

Those of you who are emailing me, my request is to use my axion.net address, as it is the easiest for me to access in internet cafes, something that San Cristobal de las Casas is full of. We joke & call it San Cristobal de las Internet.