I was out in Birtamod after the Thanksgiving trip to Kolkata. I was having lunch with a guy from the Peace Corps’ office in Washington, DC.
He was security. He told me that he had been doing, well, military intelligence in Somalia for a several years before retiring and coming to work for the Peace Corps. [...]
By Scott Wallick
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Posted in Peace Corps culture, Teacher Training
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Also tagged bandhas, Biratnagar, Birtamod, Dharan, Godavari, Kathmandu, Newari, PST, teachers, utpas
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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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Also tagged Birganj, Birtamod, East-West Highway, Fewa Lake, Himanchal Cabin, Itahari, Jhapa, Peace Corps experience, Rajbiraj, Terai life
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