My first with my host family I met my adorable sister Mili
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My host family's backyard
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The back of the house
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The dinning room and kitchen behind the door
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My room
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The road to La Pita
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One of my closest friends, 11 yeard old Selena
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Pamela, from Vermont, living with her family in San Ramon for a year
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Cesar, Selena's little brother, spent lots of time playing with my sister Mili
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On our way to Margarita's mothers house
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Eric from Vermont with Mili
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My brothers were facinated with animals - whether chasing chickens, scaring cows, or killing bugs
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Corey, best friends with my brothers Enrique and Melvin
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Margarita, her mother, and Jennifer
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Jennifer (Corey and Daniel's grandmother) with Mili
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My house on the right
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Running home from school
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Theo and my mom came to visit for a few days - Theo's hair was the subject of much interest
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The first step for the famous Sopa de Gallina
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Alvaro my dad with Mili, always playing
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Pacho with a neighbor at the waterfall
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Mili was the life of our dance party
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Showing off some Salsa moves
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Corey and Memito
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I climbed a mini-mountain at 4am with Pacho to watch the sun rise over San Ramon
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The town's hotel, El Sueno de la Campana
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At one point, my family decided to redo half the roof
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Our new kitchen off to the left
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"El zinc" for the new roof
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Thanksgiving dinner with the 'cheles'
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El Promocion - Graduation day for sexto grado
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My supervisor Damaris and her son Jasberth
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The walk to lunch was a steep and rocky hike
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The last days in San Ramon they put up this Christmas Tree in the park
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San Ramon, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
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My supervisor's mother, Dona Margarita
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