For the reunion, communication, and enjoyment of all involved in the Thai 58 Peace Corps Training. Monday, October 28, 2013. Kathleen has sent a number of photos that have been added at the end of the photo index. Sunday, January 2, 2011. Happy New Year Everybody,. On the banks of the Bosphorus.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Peace Corps Cameroon Packing List. What my Friends are Up To! How To Contact Me! 16 August, 2015. But there are so many other parts of life here - antidotes to the you.

Wednesday, 3 December 2014. On to the next journey. Bed frames to bicycles to other motorcycles carried on the back of a motorcycle.

Musings from under a Mango Tree. Two Years in Western Africa. The word itself comes off as negative, assertive. A wall placed between two objects, things or people. This is not okay! 8221; Get up! Through the window.

Twisting, turning, diving down,. Falling slowly to the ground,. This is how I came to be,. In this place of misery,. Can you see me dying now? Lying twitching on the ground,. This is what it was to me,. In this place of misery,. Can you save me from this death? Can you save me from this mess? Can you come and rescue me? From this place of misery,.

Adventures of Dudley the Deadly Blood Clot. I have a blood clot. And I named it Dudley. More on the moniker later. It all started a couple of weeks ago, although honestly it probably started much sooner. I went to my appointment at Bumrungrad Hospital, a state-of-the-art international facility that feels as though it is part of an entirely different world than the village I call home. The orthopedist scheduled me for an MRI on Saturday, so after confirming with P.

My Peace Corps Experience in Ethiopia. There will be NO MORE POSTS on this blog. Check it out for more stories about Ethiopia. But I hope to also write about other subjects. I felt like this blog, Tales from the Big Country, was too specific and limiting. I cried during my ow.

Is the NEW Beer Tax a Good Idea? April 20, 2015. Upon my return from vacation in late March, I met some friends for chicken and beer. One of the perceived benefits of this alcohol tax is that it is only affecting a nonessential good.

Life as a PCV in Thailand. Life as a PCV in Thailand. Sanuak Saturday- Angkor Wat Half Marathon Edition. A reminder to myself- Friendly Friday. Sanuak Saturday- Wat Tha Luang, Bueng Si Fai Edition, and Muang Gao edition. Sanuak Saturday- Wat Rong Chang edition. Sanuak Saturday- Pho Prathap Chang edition. Wattanatam Wednesday- Loi Krathong Festival! Friendly Friday- Pii Noo edition.

Thanks to a lot of privilege and not a small amount of luck, my life has not led up to many of these extreme ends of the spectrum. I still take the contrast with gratitude, as a reminder that I belong to this terrible and special thing we call humanity;. Meditation room at Wat Tham Pha Plong in Chiang Dao. The first place we drove by was closed. My counterpart called everyone up who was supposed to come and let them know we were going somewhere else.