During training, one of the hardest and seemingly most necessary things I wanted to communicate to my host family was that I missed home. I missed home. I missed my friends. I missed pizza and beer as dark as the nights in my new, lightless neighborhood.
But the best that I could do after two months [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Birganj, Peace Corps culture, Service
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Tagged ANNISU, Birganj, Birtamod, East-West Highway, Fewa Lake, Himanchal Cabin, Itahari, Jhapa, Peace Corps experience, Rajbiraj, Terai life
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It was the end of December and I was coming back to Birganj from Rajbiraj. I’d celebrated Christmas for the second time in Rajbiraj and was thinking that this would be the last time I’d be there, the last time I’d make the trip I’d made perhaps ten times before.
Last year’s Christmas was, well, difficult. [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Peace Corps culture
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Tagged bandhas, Birganj, blogging, New Year's, Parsa, Patalayia, Peace Corps, Peace Corps/Samoa, Rajbiraj, safety and security, Simra, Terai life, thulo manches
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