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The toughest job you’ll ever love
06 Mar 2011 | Chongwe, Zambia (-15.3308, 28.6755) In our fourth week of training we pondered the rules of workplace safety, marveled at what the sun can do, learned how to dig a hole, avoided the ants, and slept. A … finish reading The toughest job you’ll ever love
Posted in Africa, Zambia
Tagged Africa, ants, baby, Business, chongwe, construction site, discover, Electric, Energy, good, highway, internet cafe, language, Peace Corps, rain, Renewable, sleep, Solar, Solar energy, solar panel, storm, sun, sunset, train, U.S., volunteer, workplace safety, Zambia
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Peace Corps Staging
14 Feb 2011 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (39.9522, -75.1456) At long last, Rasa and I finally have a job offer and will be leaving the US for a two-year contract in Zambia, Africa. Our first stop (after a night … finish reading Peace Corps Staging
Posted in Nevada, North America, Pennsylvania, United States
Tagged Africa, airport, compliments, crowd, dark continent, food, good, Government, hinterlands, House of Representatives, Independence Hall, job offer, Lusaka, maps, mom, night, park, peace, Peace Corps, philadelphia pennsylvania, photo, photograph, rain, Rasa, reno, sandwich, sea, sleep, staging, step mom, tea, town, train, United States, US Peace Corps, USA, volunteer, volunteers, Zambia
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The Buildings of Tibet
27 July 2010 | Lhasa, Tibet, China (29.6533, 91.1371) With China investing so much capital in Tibet, it is changing fast so if you ever dreamed about seeing those amazing buildings and the traditions that keep them humming, you should … finish reading The Buildings of Tibet
Posted in Asia, China
Tagged amazing buildings, Asia, car, China, Chinese, Chinese police, Dalai Lama, good, hotel, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Lhasa, lhasa tibet, market streets, maze, night, photograph, Sera Monastery, storm, temples, Tibet, tradition, traditions, Travel and Tourism, water
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A warm shower in Ulan Bator
07 June 2010 | Ulan Bator, Mongolia (47.9170, 106.8677) After three weeks of dusty, bumpy roads, we arrived in Ulan Bator and the first thing we did was take a warm shower (well sort of, we needed to boil the … finish reading A warm shower in Ulan Bator
Posted in Asia, Mongolia
Tagged apartment, Asia, bumpy roads, central asia, city, Colombia, delicious, dinner, drive, French, fried, garages, Genghis Khan, good, guide, hotel, lamb, masterpiece, meal, Mongol, mongolia, night, pasta, pizza, playground, pretty, Rasa, road, shipping containers, shower, shrek, socks, tea, tour, town, Ulan Bator, uzbekistan, water, water pipes, Wi-Fi
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All roads lead to UB
06 June 2010 | Tsetserleg, Arhangay, Mongolia (47.4573, 101.6628) After two weeks of bone jarring dirt tracks, we were not sad to see an actual graded road and traffic (just four cars). Even though this also meant more people as … finish reading All roads lead to UB
Posted in Asia, Mongolia
Tagged beautiful, beautiful morning, camping, Capital city, car, cigarette, city, civilization, countryside, dirt tracks, food, good, guide, lunch, Mongol, mongolia, pizza, rain, Rasa, river, road, road and traffic, sunset, tea, tent, town, Ulaanbaatar, water
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