My India travel article is out

http://www.philly.com/philly/travel/20120826_Schooled_by_India_s_surf.html?page=1&c=y

Enjoy!!

Because you don't have enough work to do anyways -

I wrote a post about my Peace Corps service and slog through Nepal and India for my favorite blog, Phawker.com. If you would like some fast, light reading, check it out: http://www.phawker.com/2012/08/22/always-drink-the-water-the-ten-most-valuable-lessons-i-learned-bumming-around-south-america-central-asia/

Hey Gang.

I'm traveling through different parts of the Eastern Seaboard. Right now I'm Washington DC. Sorry I've been quiet for a while, I will post something about returning to the US in a few days. In the meantime, Amy has a new blogpost out: http://aheimberger.blogspot.com/ so you can all see what's happening in my old site.

For those who haven't been up on the events in Paraguay, its president Fernando Lugo was ousted in a parliamentary coup.

Here's an article about his take on what happened: http://upsidedownworld.org/main/paraguay-archives-44/3766-post-coup-paraguay-an-interview-with-fernando-lugo

UNASUR (the Union of South American States) and MercoSur (South America's trade bloc) both suspended Paraguay for a year. You can read a little about their reaction here: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2012/08/16/Paraguay-plays-down-suspension-by-Unasur/UPI-25501345113933/

In the meantime, Lugo's successor, a man named Federico Franco, is apparently working out as the new president, albeit with weekly protests (which is kind of encouraging, given that Stroessner would probably just turned on some polka and fired up the chainsaws). Read about that here: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21154738/paraguays-new-president-proving-effective