Tomorrow is my last day in Georgia! I fly to Los Angeles for "Staging" or Orientation on Wednesday. Basically I meet my training group, 18 other crazy people,...
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Sep 30, 2005 8:07 pm
We made it to NZ! A 13 hour flight, and I only slept 2. Staging in Los Angeles was very insightful and informative. We learned some policies and safety...
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Oct 4, 2005 7:17 am
Hi, everyone. Training class 18B made it to the island of Efate, to the capital city of Port Vila. I'm working on uploading photos, but I'm taking lots of good...
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Oct 8, 2005 10:58 pm
Hi, today is our last day in Vila! We had an amazing day yesterday. We had a market walkaboat where we had to find certain foods and talk in Bislama to the...
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Oct 14, 2005 5:50 am
Halo! Olsem wanem, I gud? I stret. We were allowed to come into the city for the afternoon for a raggae concert, otherwise known as a "crosscultural...
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Oct 25, 2005 6:48 am
Hello all! The last week has been another roller coaster. Training has consisted mostly of Bislama since we're going on walkabaot TOMORROW and must have...
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Nov 1, 2005 4:43 am
Hi again. Walkabaot is over and we are back in Vila for another few hours before getting carted back to Mangaliliu. Lamen Bay is an amazing site and the week I...
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Nov 18, 2005 7:46 am
Hello again. Yes, we're still in training. I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...yet. Today during a training session they were trying to prepare us for...
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Dec 16, 2005 9:37 am
Hello Everyone! That's right, Trainees of group 18B are now officially Peace Corps Volunteers. We took an oath, in Bislama, on December 8th 2005. Pictures are...
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Dec 24, 2005 3:24 pm
Merry Christmas! I got unexpected email access from a lovely Australian couple working on Epi High School's expansion project. So, I moved to Epi and things...
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Mar 11, 2006 11:45 am
Hello everyone. I made it my first 3 months at site and am in Port Vila for a Volunteer Advisory Committee meeting. Being off the island is a little strange...
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Mar 18, 2006 8:16 am
Hello again, from Ambae. I didn't expect to have internet access so soon but Saratamata is the provincial center for the Penama province and so they have cool...
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Apr 13, 2006 8:06 pm
Greetings from a place where the words 'Expires On' and 'Must Be Refrigerated' mean much, much less than 'Who stole my toilet paper?'. Well, I'm all settled in...
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May 29, 2006 11:35 am
Lemtapniwe! Or Good Morning from Motalava! I'm in the Banks Islands, one of the most northern parts of the country. It's absolutely beautiful and this month is...
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Jul 29, 2006 10:08 pm
Hello everyone. Sorry it's been so long since my last update! Winter time in Vanuatu. Never would have believed it but it is COLD. The actual temperature at...
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Oct 1, 2006 8:42 pm
It's been a year since I packed my bags, disregarded my hygiene, threw my degree to the wind, and left my homeland to become a peace corps volunteer in...
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Oct 20, 2006 3:29 am
No red slippers, just 4 planes and +25 to get here, but I made it - stateside for the first time in a year. I've been back home for almost 2 weeks and it seems...
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Dec 12, 2006 8:32 pm
Ho Ho Ho. Happy Holidays from tropical Vanuatu. If they have a Santa Claus here, he would be wearing swimming trunks and drinking coconuts, not milk. The...
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Dec 16, 2006 8:19 am
Today I woke up in Vanuatu as if it was any other day in Vila. There was running water and electricity but you could still hear fowls singing out (crowing). I...
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Dec 21, 2006 6:50 am
I've nearly finished my North Island tour here in New Zealand. Tomorrow I head to Queenstown where they have tons of adrenaline pumping activities. On the...
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Dec 22, 2006 11:34 pm
The new photos link is http://new.photos.yahoo.com/peace_corps_kate#page1 It will show all the photos I've posted - the newest ones first. I go bungy...
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Dec 29, 2006 2:57 am
I hope everyone is having happy holidays! Thanks to everyone who's letting me know what's going on and keeping in touch - these few weeks of being in...
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Jan 10, 2007 4:53 am
If you can call it work...that is. Coming off the plane was like stepping into a sauna fully dressed. Mmmmm...sticky. The heat was obviously the first thing...
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Mar 30, 2007 8:50 pm
As of tomorrow, I will no longer be a Peace Corps Volunteer. I will join the few hundred thousand Returned Peace Corps Volunteers as I leave Vanuatu for the...
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Jul 20, 2007 1:46 am
Ah, America. Speaking English, eating with utensils (slows me down ļ), wearing shorts and pants or even more than 2 shirts a week! Seeing family 24/7 and...
