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Tag Archives: Peace Corps
Olgii, Mongolia
May 23, 2010 Last night we went to one of the Peace Corps Volunteer’s (PCV) homes for dinner. There was one PCV couple, a single woman, and two Kazakhs. We certainly have a new appreciation for what the PCVs have … Continue reading
Posted in Mongolia
Tagged art, bathhouses, central heating, dinner, discover, discovered, eat, eating, freezing, good, hardships, home, hot, insect, insects, kazakhs, mongolia, pcvs, Peace Corps, peace corps volunteer, peace corps volunteers, volunteer, water
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Ust-Kamengorsk to Olgii
Considering how the day began, it is pretty miraculous that I find myself sitting in a Turkish restaurant in Mongolia. Our flight was originally scheduled to leave yesterday but was rescheduled for today because of a persistent drizzle. It took … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged art, Asia, bird, Bobby, car, contact, dinner, eat, fly, friend, friends, good, hot, hotel, immigration, kazakhs, mongolia, pcvs, Peace Corps, peace corps volunteer, peace corps volunteers, plane, pretty, travel, visa, volunteer, walk, walking
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Our last big adventure…maybe.
JFK We are about to begin what will be our last big backpacking adventure… our “last hurrah”. Strangely I do remember us saying the same thing about our Africa trip. We are in a different position now; we may finish … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, Africa, airport, art, California, China, drive, eat, kazakhs, mongolia, Peace Corps, visa
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African Adventure- Day 39
Things went surprisingly smoothly today. We travelled to the border on a road that, of course, did not correspond with the three different maps that we have on hand. Well, at least we arrived at the correct crossing point just … Continue reading
African Adventure- Day 23
Considering the great expense to spend another night at the formidable Lope Hotel, we opted to camp in the bush nearby. After having spent a night deep in the jungle, we awoke to discovering elephant droppings on the path to … Continue reading
African Adventure- Day 9
We woke up at the usual time, just before sunrise. We lingered a bit longer than usual this morning since we were in no particular rush. We packed up camp so that we could drive around town and hopefully get … Continue reading
Polarity of Poverty
One thing that I have always had to battle here is how well off everyone here thinks we are. People are literally convinced that Bobby and I are absolutely loaded. No matter what we say, nothing can convince them of … Continue reading
Posted in Philippines
Tagged Bobby, cold, experience, family, good, income, Indonesia, life, mom, money, Peace Corps, Philippines, pretty, United States, water
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Wedding Bells
Quite a lot has happened recently and I guess that can account for my lapse of blogging. We got back from the States about a two months ago (already!?!?!) While we were there it was pretty much daily chaos with … Continue reading
Posted in Philippines
Tagged art, family, holiday, home, India, Kabankalan, logging, Peace Corps, Philippines, pretty, sweet, wedding
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Back to the Usual in the Philippines
The past few weeks have flown and it is difficult to recount all that happened as it is almost a blur. I guess it was 2 or 3 weeks ago that Bobby had a conference for Peace Corps while I … Continue reading
Posted in Philippines
Tagged art, art work, Bobby, breakfast, discover, discovered, eat, eating, fly, food, friend, hot, Kabankalan, life, Lithuania, love, lunch, mom, New York, Peace Corps, peace corps volunteer, Philippines, photo, photos, picture, plane, tourism, visa, volunteer
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Thinking of the Future
At this point in time, we are still unsure of what lies ahead once we finish our time here in the Philippines. Bobby has thought more about graduate school and programs and it seems that he will be taking a … Continue reading
Posted in Philippines
Tagged Bobby, language, Middle East, Peace Corps, Philippines, school
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