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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:00 +0800

(Ukraine / The Village Idiot)
The second to last Saturday in January my coworker Lena and her daughter came to my apartment and we made pizza Ukrainian style. This involves lots and lots of mayo as well as hardboiled eggs chi ...
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A Full Heart

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:19:00 +0800

(Morocco / oclynn in morocco)
I feel like I need to capture these feeling while they're fresh. While I realize that someone else may see my words this really is my personal journal to reflect back on this experience I'm so fortu ...
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Las Mariposas

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:21:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / LR in the DR)
Regina and I just led a three day camp for young Dominican girls ages 12-17. The camp called Campamento Mariposas is the start of a year-long all girls Peace Corps initiative. I have participated i ...
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Dogon Country

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +0800

(Mali / Jenny in Mali)
Here's a link to an article that recently appeared in the NYT about Dogon Country - the area of Mali that most tourists go to. I live about 2 hours away from the Dogon cliffs.http://travel.nytimes.com /2010/03/07/travel/07personal.ht ml
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Women's Day Project Opening Day

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +0800

(Armenia / Emily Haas' Armenian experience)
Today was the opening of Paige Henni and my photo exhibiton. We photographed and interviewed 15 women in Armenia. We are displaying about 35 photographs in the Yeghegnadzor Social Center. For the res ...
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Allah akbar!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:00 +0800

(Mali / Jenny in Mali)
This song is really popular in Mali right now - everyone in my village goes around singing it and it's always on the radio. It's about how great Allah (God) is and how good it is to praise Allah.http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=D8SGpI47_qA&feature=rel ated
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Comitte del Los Jovenes Femino

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:25:00 +0800

(Paraguay / Marianna in Paraguay)
In Caacupe till 2pm again same rutine.Things have been crazy in site. I moved into my house Sunday night. My house isnt complete but its ready enough...lets just say Ive experienced the passionate la ...
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Mark your calendars

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:14:00 +0800

(El Salvador / gabriel*salvador)
Well after a few tense moments of waiting with bated breath to hear back from the PC big-wigs I received great news that my vacation request for the month of July was approved.That's right I'm coming home.July 1 - July 28.Couldn't be more excited...
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who i'll be living with for the next two ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:53:00 +0800

(Mozambique / the traveling panda)
so i don’t know how much i’ve actually written about yvonne (vonnie) contreras but she’s a friggin baller. we’re not exactly sure how they found out about us we’re almost certain they pul ...
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Untitled

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0800

(Mozambique / Scooter In Mozambique)
Most of the kids live in town and walk over 40 minutes each way to school every day (or twice a day on the days when they have physical education in the afternoons).
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12/03/10

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:00 +0800

(Mozambique / Scooter In Mozambique)
Today during the last class of the day with about 15 minutes left in class one of the girls came up to me and asked if she could leave. I asked why. Mozambican girls often do this thing where they g ...
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Just Some Stories

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:23:00 +0800

(El Salvador / If you choose to venture out the rewards are rich.)
Just Some StoriesMany of the volunteers have been eating fish. I definitely have not. They don’t chop off the heads here. They jus t serve them whole. No thank you. Anyway a lot of the volunteers h ...
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11/03/10

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:22:00 +0800

(Mozambique / Scooter In Mozambique)
When role is being called the kids usually respond with “estou” (I am) or “presente” (present). Today one of my kids responded with “presidente” (president) instead and it caught everyone ...
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Msimu wa mvua

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:03 +0800

(Tanzania / Kipilefti)
We’re sitting inside Mama Ismael’s booth at the market. The rain is solid but not devastating. I wouldn’t want to walk in it in my thin cotton shirt but it wouldn’t drench me ...
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A new picture.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:59:49 +0800

(Jordan / Landon and Jana's Blog)
As you can probably see we’ve updated the photo finally. The bridge over greenery wasn’t actually Jordan but a stock image. Sorry to mislead you. The above image though is straight out ...
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Back to work

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:00 +0800

(Malawi / Warm heart of Africa, meet strange cynic from Michigan)
Oh mom your frustration with the internet amuses me. I'm glad you were able to post.things I realized this week:-Malawians love to use autotune-Hector the puppy will contentedly eat an entire bag of ...
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09/03/10

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:00 +0800

(Mozambique / Scooter In Mozambique)
This morning during announcements before classes one of the teachers scolded the students “yesterday I took the chapa to [the town north of us] and it was full of students from this school and ALL ...
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Togo higlights Tatas waterfalls and wagash

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:16:28 +0800

(Guinea / Travel Blog | rosekanasty)
PCV Meghann and I left Ouaga on the 14th and traveled to Dapaong in northern Togo. We arrived in early afternoon and went to the PC house. We were welcomed by Kyan a volunteer from my stage in Guine ...
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Todra Gorges

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:12:00 +0800

(Morocco / Anna in Africa)
Morocco is a land of contrasting landscapes. It has the Sahara a mediterranean climate up north and several sets of mountain chains (one of which I live in.) It also has a beautiful gorge a few hour ...
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Un Buen Dia!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:57:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/11/10 - 9:42pmI'm glad to say that today was a good day. I finally feel "at home" because I got to run around my neighborhood. Yes! You have no idea how happy I was to finally be doing something tha ...
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Downtown Santo Domingo History and Smelly Sabrina

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:56:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/10/10 - 7:30pmToday was pretty eventful because I got to travel into the city of Santo Domingo and see some of the historical sites. We went to the Parque Independencia to el Parque Colon and I got ...
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Otra dia productiva...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:55:00 +0800

(Dominican Republic / Bri's Peace Corps Adventure)
3/9/10 - 10:12pmEveryday seems like a productive day here. Today I learned more about Dominican food sexual harassment learned how to dance merengue and bachata and got to finally eat sancocho! Pret ...
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From the frying pan...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:44:00 +0800

(Cameroon / Boeuf Bloguignon)
The cold season ended early this year. From a “cool” 13˚-35˚ Celsius temperature range we are now in the full blast of 17˚-50˚ Celsius range and I am not exaggerating. Clothes drying out on t ...
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Desert Oasis and Camel Trek

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:42:00 +0800

(Morocco / Anna in Africa)
This weekend I got to go on a camel trek into the Sahara and visit friends in their desert oasis home. Here are some of the pictures from my adventure.These are our guides getting the camels ready to ...
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Cat = Joseph

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:09:18 +0800

(Ghana / Katharyn's Ghana Way)
4 March 2010 Hi there sorry for the long dry spell. It’s the morning (08:10) and I’m here instead of doing my on-duty duties because the kids are practicing marching with a particularly cane-fr ...
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Tales of a Female Nomad

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:39 +0800

(Bulgaria / Walnut anthropology)
So I just finished the book Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman. It was a very interesting book. Its about how Rita getting into a Nomad lifestyle in her late 40s after living in LA and getting a divorced. Then it goes into the place people and her experiences for the next [...]
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Patience is a ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:49:00 +0800

(Moldova / Buna Ziua!)
Well winter isn't giving up over here. It snowed last night---again. But as much as my host Mom and I laugh and lament about the drawn out winter there was a day last week where I succeeded to wash ...
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Bwaaah!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0800

(Cape Verde / 16°N 24°W)
Hell yeah! I don't know why I just fell like typing that...doens't have the same value as screaming it out loud but the townsfolk probably think I have enough parafusos loose already.. Haha I just ...
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C'est la saison des mangues et des ananas!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:47:21 +0800

(China / An American from Paris in China)
Aujourd'hui c'est printemps. Au marché on vend des mangues fraîches des ananas prêt-épluchés prêt à l'emploi en quelques sortes. J'en ai acheté un l'ai mixé avec du lait ananas-lait. J ...
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Road Trips...Moad Trips

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:31:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Peace Corps Journal)
If you have been following my blog you probably realize that I talk less and less about my day to day life and focus more on the cultural differences between that of Mongolia and America. To be hone ...
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4 hour Staff Meeting

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:46:00 +0800

(Kenya / Bridge to Kenya)
So I am starting to hate Kenyan staff meetings. First of all they never start on time. We were supposed to have a meeting at 9:30am but it didn’t actually start till 10:30. When the meeting finally ...
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My Life in Azerbaijan - Am I Happy Here

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:35:00 +0800

(Azerbaijan / Dream it, Plan it, and Do it!)
March 12 2010Steve left a comment on my blog“You have the saddest Peace Corps blog I have ever read. Not to take away from your problems but your complaints are also kind of funny. I am sorry you ...
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When you don't want to be a PCV...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:32:00 +0800

(Azerbaijan / Far From Nome)
The days I haven't wanted to be a PCV are few and far between but they are there.They are the days when miscommunications and unexplained rules stop something great from happening.The days when after ...
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The Band-Aid

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:32:00 +0800

(Morocco / absolute uncertainty)
Yesterday Hafid* came to the dar chebab for some practice in the Present Continuous. He's currently failing English but has a test next week so his teacher suggested he come see me for some cram tim ...
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Then There Was One

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:14:00 +0800

(Mozambique / alycia's will be that was)
I knew my roommate Arlete was in the process of getting a house so last Monday night when she carried her last load of belongings to her new digs and said she was going to start sleeping there I wa ...
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A Baby Boomer in Malawi: Part 2 - Safari Time!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:00 +0800

(Malawi / in the name of peace)
South Luangwa: Arrival @ Track+Trails CampThe drive: Zambia is a lot bushier than Malawi – people are not as densely situated as in Malawian villages. You don’t see farmland everywhere you look! M ...
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A Visitor (3-11)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:00 +0800

(Thailand / Jackie Goes to Thailand)
Last weekend was busy. Saturday I had a new Peace Corps Trainee visit for the day. They are sent to visit a current volunteer on their way to visit their site. Zac arrived on the morning bus from Bang ...
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Because nothing screams date night...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:51:00 +0800

(Morocco / absolute uncertainty)
...like a 12 hour Dostoyevsky play performed in Italian:A 12-Hour Play and Endless Bragging Rights
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A Field Trip with Teachers (3-5)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:36:00 +0800

(Thailand / Jackie Goes to Thailand)
Today I went on a field trip with the smaller school teachers. We were scheduled to leave at 6:15 AM. Khun Kanya called and told me it would be 6:30 and the bus arrived in the village at 7:00. The fi ...
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Foothills

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:28:00 +0800

(Azerbaijan / Peace, Love and Azerbaijan)
My site mate Connie and I love to take walks exploring the city of Qazax but also what is outside of the city. A little while ago we found the canal behind my house (I know I've mentioned it). Every ...
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My Life in Azerbaijan - Hunting for an Apartment

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:21:00 +0800

(Azerbaijan / Dream it, Plan it, and Do it!)
March 10 2010 I am excited that finally I am moving out and living on my own next month. No more washing dishes everyday no more mapping the floor no more cutting vegetables no more hanging laundr ...
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Makha Bucha Day and a Wedding (3-1)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:21:00 +0800

(Thailand / Jackie Goes to Thailand)
Sunday was Makha Bucha Day celebration of the first spontaneous gathering of a crowd to listen to the Buddha. For my friends and I this was sandwiched between wedding events as it was also the day ...
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SANGOMAS WITCHCRAFT AND SPIRITS- MARCH 2010

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:18:00 +0800

(Lesotho / KAYE IN LESOTHO)
&n bsp; &nbs p; &n bsp; &nbs p; &n ...
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Farewell Mombasa & Hello Nairobi

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:10:00 +0800

(Kenya / WOR and PEACE)
I am going to miss Mombasa a lot. The ocean the island the food the people. But it is time to go.Fire dance is alive here through Hope al-Nur and MotoMoto with a new director: Aisha. Here she is wi ...
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6 months in TZ

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0800

(Azerbaijan / magda's travels)
Well March 11th marked the 6 month point of my life in TZ. A lot of things have happened in that time. I turned 30 very happily here. I have made friends. I have begun to lear ...
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Spring has finally arrived in Pavlodar!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:00 +0800

(Kazakhstan / Susan and Paul in K-stan)
Well that's a little bit of an over-statement or maybe a true representation of spring in Siberia. Too soon to tell. We have moved on from -20C and lower to above -10C. But now it is warm eno ...
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Happy Fire Prevention Month!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:24:00 +0800

(Philippines / Lynn's New Adventures)
March is Fire Prevention Month around the Philippines. There are banners everywhere claiming individual's and businesses' commitment to the cause although I haven't seen any education going on about ...
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The Pee Bucket

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:15:00 +0800

(Mozambique / Pineapple in the Shade)
Lets talk about rain storms and small bladders. You have probably never really thought that there was a connection there. I am here to tell you there is.Not just rains storms really. Lets also talk a ...
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A Hitchhikers Guide to Mozambique

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:00 +0800

(Mozambique / Pineapple in the Shade)
Although the majority of Americans including myself would basically never even think of stopping to pick someone up on the side of the road in the states over here it has become our most used form ...
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Odds and Ends Thursday 46

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0800

(Samoa / Matt's Samoa Blog)
We’re on the verge of finishing week 7 out of the 15 in the first term of the school year. Term one is the longest and tends to be the most formal and straight-laced time of the school year. With ...
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