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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
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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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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
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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