the two most hardcore weeks of my life...
hey all,
so we just got back from site visit number two and it was amazing. we finnally got a true taste of village life to know what to expect for the next two years. the trip started last sunday with pc transport in the landcruiser to solwezi, our provincial capital where we have a proper house that our lrad volunteer lives in and we can crash at when needed. we got to meet a bunch of the other volunteers in the province and had a little party which was nice. on monday it was off to mwinilunga for about a week of class which was at times stressful only b/c me and my friend dan had to bike five km each way to get there...in the end we biked over 300 km each which was a nice feat. once classes ended last tuesday we crashed at a mission near dans site for a nite and had the best food yet in zambia, saw the dr. congo border, saw an amazing waterfall, the list goes on. i got to see my site where ill be living, but my house isnt built yet. another volunteer in the area said ''i'd hurt someone for your site''. its pretty sweet- 1/2 km from the tarmac for easy transport, no kids, my ataata keeps his animals penned, there is every fruit tree imaginable, a sweet rock gorge nearby & there is a huge grassy plain rite accross the road. i really cant wait to move in and if you feel like sending anything to help decorate (pictures, stickers, posters) that would be great-i have no same making a plug like taht seeing as i make no money at all now. what a perfect sugue to my new address:
raymond palko
peace corps
p.o. box 160073
mwinilunga
zambia
africa
so please keep the mail coming it is amazing, and once i get to site ill start writing more. also i'll keep my phone on all the time for the next two weeks b/c at site ill not have service, so give a call if you can. thanks for all the support, email, letters, etc. it has meant the world to me.
take care.
so we just got back from site visit number two and it was amazing. we finnally got a true taste of village life to know what to expect for the next two years. the trip started last sunday with pc transport in the landcruiser to solwezi, our provincial capital where we have a proper house that our lrad volunteer lives in and we can crash at when needed. we got to meet a bunch of the other volunteers in the province and had a little party which was nice. on monday it was off to mwinilunga for about a week of class which was at times stressful only b/c me and my friend dan had to bike five km each way to get there...in the end we biked over 300 km each which was a nice feat. once classes ended last tuesday we crashed at a mission near dans site for a nite and had the best food yet in zambia, saw the dr. congo border, saw an amazing waterfall, the list goes on. i got to see my site where ill be living, but my house isnt built yet. another volunteer in the area said ''i'd hurt someone for your site''. its pretty sweet- 1/2 km from the tarmac for easy transport, no kids, my ataata keeps his animals penned, there is every fruit tree imaginable, a sweet rock gorge nearby & there is a huge grassy plain rite accross the road. i really cant wait to move in and if you feel like sending anything to help decorate (pictures, stickers, posters) that would be great-i have no same making a plug like taht seeing as i make no money at all now. what a perfect sugue to my new address:
raymond palko
peace corps
p.o. box 160073
mwinilunga
zambia
africa
so please keep the mail coming it is amazing, and once i get to site ill start writing more. also i'll keep my phone on all the time for the next two weeks b/c at site ill not have service, so give a call if you can. thanks for all the support, email, letters, etc. it has meant the world to me.
take care.
posted by ray | 7/30/2006 09:36:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Ray,
So we have birthday package for you, better late than never, and I'll get that sent out to you this weekend. Good thing that you just posted your new address.
I have 2 weeks left of grad school and then I'm done! I defended my thesis 2 weeks ago and it went really well. Last minute wedding stuff is OOC, can't wait for Hawaii! The city is about as hot as Africa this summer and that's pretty sucky. So glad you are enjoying your adventure.
Love, Keel
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