Depends on what you want to do, I guess. As a 44 year old woman, I just obtained a job with an international educational leadership...
hemlockgal
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Live just outside Washington DC. My goal is to co-lead trips to Latin America and to be able to say I am fluent in Spanish. But not espaRecent activity
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Job in Costa Rica in the Americas - Central America Branch
4 days ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Day trips from La Cruz in the Americas - Central America Branch
Hi, all. I have had the great luck to land a job where I'll be working in CR near La Cruz (northwest part of Guanacaste) for 11 weeks this...
7 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Travel to Cuba for US residents...are there special tours that are legal? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
I' ve traveled twice to el Oriente with a university group. While the cost was high, the access to learning opportunities with some of the...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cuba travel in April in the Americas - Cuba Branch
@Bob, why Colgate toothpaste?
3 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Gran Hotel Escuela Santiago in the Americas - Cuba Branch
I don't mind no elevators--great quad workout, right? Basic food, I want. Patty, I fear the #1 rating--but I've stayed at those, and been...
5 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Gran Hotel Escuela Santiago in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Yeah, I think to make this trip affordable they switched up hotels. In June/July we were at Hotel Las Americas and Casa Granda. We'll see....
5 months ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Gran Hotel Escuela Santiago in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Hello, all. I finally received notice last night that we have enough students for the dance class to happen, got my rt ticket between dc...
5 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called taxi pricing & tipping drivers: I am still unsure in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Our first night in Santiago, several girls in my group "befriended" a couple taxi drivers across the street from our hotel. The next...
6 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mail from USA to Cuba in the Americas - Cuba Branch
I will know in 2 weeks if I'm returning to Cuba, to Santiago. I imagine I'll have room in my luggage for a key and a small gift. It may...
6 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called getting medical assistant while in Cuba. in the Americas - Cuba Branch
I developed a sinus infection while in Santiago, and ignored it until we arrived in Guantanamo when I could no longer dance--couldn't...
7 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Summer road trip on the Oregon and northern California coasts in the Americas - United States of America Branch
jayroo, those are great ideas. I've been to Astoria and Florence, but not with my kids The next time we head west we'll be sure to...
7 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called New Orleans: how many days for a short visit for a disabled person? in the Americas - United States of America Branch
I'd hit the National Park Service's visitor's center in the French Quarter early in your stay. They often offer free tours--we went on one...
7 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called tips Anza- Borrego and Joshua Tree NP? in the Americas - United States of America Branch
Ditto Twenty-Nine Palms. We stayed there 11 years ago, and loved the on-site restaurant. There is a hike near there to the 29 Palms Oasis....
7 months ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Summer road trip on the Oregon and northern California coasts in the Americas - United States of America Branch
My kids loved Cannon Beach in Oregon.Astoria in Oregon is pretty cool too, with a National Park celebrating Lewis and Clark's trip as well...
7 months ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called American class in Cuba--travel legally to dance in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Hi, all. I have posted here numerous times about my trip in June and my upcoming trip in January to Santiago de Cuba. I went with George...
7 months ago

- Country United States
- Languages English, Spanish
- Favourite Places Santiago de Cuba, Banff Canada, my house
- Interests finding a job







