Tag: Africa
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Update from Zambia: August 17th
Limited internet access. Have to send updates through Facebook, typed on my phone. Cisuma. Monday Aug fifteenth. Things here in Kabeleka are going well. I’m integrating well into my host family and an progressing in technical and language training. We had our first language session exam today. I felt very confident in it. I can…
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PST – Brief update
Hey all, Don’t have much time, pretty tight schedule. Wanted to post a quickly typed rushed update. Doing well, no health upsets, having a blast, loving zambian people, culture, food, and the care and compassion of the Peace Corps team here. I’m really enjoying it. I got my first letter yesterday postmarked the 21st of…
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LOWA Boots, A saga
Many of you may remember my troubles overseas in 09. Two good pairs of boots, a hard eight months of daily travel and use, Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, Turkey, the UK, and Ireland, and the constant hard work, positive attitude, generosity, and honorable intent of the LOWA boot company. I had two quality issues…
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Friday Morning Memories
Hey guys, I figured I’d take one of the quieter nights as I wait for the beach to empty from the night’s festivities of BBQ and beach fires/fireworks to sit down and tell a little story about last Thursday. Hope you enjoy. It was Thursday night. I lay hot, tired, but unable to sleep. We’d…