Things should be simpler. If people can travel to another hemisphere, learn a somewhat obscure second language, eat with their hands, and grow comfortable with the sounds of bombs and gunfire then surely organizing and executing a basic teacher training with motivated teachers in a scenic location shouldn’t be a problem.
Piece of cake. Kid stuff. [...]
Birganj to Kolkata, November 26–30, 2003
If I said that my Thanksgiving plans for this year were made by my friends while trekking around Kalimpong and Darjeeling with the US Consulate to India, I might sound a little over the top, as if I was trying to impress whoever might stumble across these scribblings.
Actually, that’s about [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in India, Peace Corps culture
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Tagged Bengali, Birtamod, buses, Calcutta, Flury's, Hinidi, holidays, India Museum, India Rail, Karkarbhitta, Kolkata, Laloo, Siliguri, Thanksgiving, US Consulate, West Bengal
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