Since keeping this website online, I’ve had a number of people contact me, asking questions about joining the Peace Corps, living in Nepal, and quite a few about what to bring for the Peace Corps.
First, let me say that my earlier packing list was way, way, way too much stuff.
Here is my addendum:
Pack light: I [...]
There’s a photo I have where I’m walking out across the tarmac towards the plane that was to be first leg in a long trip towards Nepal on February 17, 2002. Just before I boarded the plane I stopped and waved to Nikkie inside the terminal taking the photo.
That plane didn’t take me anywhere. Just [...]
It doesn’t make sense, packing for two years. Where do I put the ironing board? Begin thinking of how you would pack for two years with a limit of 104 lbs and you’ll realize how much you’re going to live without.
I imagine some PCVs will be stuck in an airport explaining why he’s brining a [...]
A few days ago I received my Begin to Learn Nepali Language booklet and audio cassette. I’ve realized quite suddenly that I’m going to be learning a foreign-foreign language. Perhaps it should be renamed, Learn to Speak Nepali in Your Wildest Dreams.
There’s some handy phrases in book (apparently to be used), such as:
Are there poisonous [...]
If at any moment throughout the day I could write down the fleeting impulses caused by my upcoming departure (34 days before departure), psychoanalyzing my anxiety would be much simpler.
Exactly when I got it into my head to join the Peace Corps is something I wish I could remember, probably because I was more articulate [...]
