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Seth in Vanuatu: July 2007
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Sunday, July 8, 2007. Pictures: Margo's birthday at the hotel this week, sunset picture from my host village, me tagging a turtle duiring reef check week). We've also had some time to just chill out and decompress this week, which has been great. We had a fourth of July part a few days early because some were headed to site the next day. We scarfed on hot dogs, burgers, baked beans, potato salad, and good salsa and chips, awesome! Http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/peacecorps20a/. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Seth in Vanuatu: December 2008
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Written December 20, 2008. So it’s official now. Taem blong spel has officially begun with the year closing ceremony of the MPA that took place a couple days ago. I still have some work to do here and there, but mostly I don’t have to do a damn thing. I’ve just been hanging out with the village, swimming, and reading. It’s been really nice. 8221; I resolved to shut up and not try and fight that battle. 8221; Not the socks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! When ...
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Seth in Vanuatu: February 2008
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Thursday, February 21, 2008. Check out that Pineapple! This is my counterpart with his pineapple that grew 9 Additional hands. He's having me put the picture in the local paper for him. Last year he said he had one with about 20 hands but didn't photograph it, and I believe him.). Written Feb. 16. I think its been about a month and a half since I last wrote one of these. Trying to think what has happened during that time. Guess I’ll start with the beginning of the year. We got out of the bus and the driv...
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Seth in Vanuatu: July 2009
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Saturday, July 25, 2009. Pig roasting for my. Me and Alec with small Noel and Johnny during my. Well, you may read this and think No fair! You may have learned a lot about this foreign culture that you have been integrating into, but there is SO much you do not know and will never know. Because, quite simply, it’s not your culture. In essence, the longer you stay in a place with a culture foreign to your own, the more you realize how little there is you actually do know. Whaddya think of that one? The la...
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Seth in Vanuatu: June 2009
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Friday, June 5, 2009. Workshop participants with their new baseball gear). We were counting on some of these headmasters to come to our workshop too! This was resolved a few days before the workshop, though, when the headmasters’ workshop was cancelled due to a lack of funds from the Ministry. A couple shots of the waterfalls). A stereotypical Peace Corps trekking picture. Can you imagine it on a brochure? On Sunday we got picked up by the Ministry of Education truck and picked up teachers as we headed u...
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Seth in Vanuatu: June 2007
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Friday, June 22, 2007. Only in Vanuatu" is the translation of the title. I found a little time today to write a blog I'd been meaning to write on some strange and funny things that happen here. And seeing as I was already in the blogging mode today earlier I'll a keep on a rollin. Julie went to Luganville, Vanuatu's second biggest city to work with the provincial government. Her counterpart/boss told her upon her arrival that he did not need her services. Julie then had to describe what she was b...MoreI...
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Seth in Vanuatu: November 2007
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Monday, November 26, 2007. Turkey Day, etc. Anyway, all food was drained down with tasty microbrew. Available at the joint. The atmosphere was great too as they put out a bunch of tables, had candle light, live music (sometimes cheesy), etc. Also it was the first time they opened up the feast to people's Ni-Van sign. others and Ni-Van staff, which was really cool. Kevin, our country director, got up and gave a nice speech. Lets see.what else has been going on? Minute (result of a poorly cleared ball up t...
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Seth in Vanuatu: October 2007
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007. So this horse walks into a bar right. The pictures are Rob and Gleny's Kranke Sale and the last one is a villager voting in a Needs Assessment activity during one of our workshops. It doesn't feel like the end of October here as it is getting a little hotter, a different world from people bundled up in 39 degree weather at Coors Field (about 82 and sunny). They clapped harder for you than JFK! Other things in the workshops.During a break, Gleny somehow got into an artificia...
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Seth in Vanuatu: December 2007
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. Written Dec. 24). Its Christmas Eve here (I’m able to write blogs in advance again as we scored a few donated laptops from the MPA project) and I’ve been back on my island for about a week now having come back from the wedding. Vanuatu is now totally in. Mode now which means that this last week has seemed like at least two. During. A date was set by them (Very important! 8221; “Yeah, we know rummy.” I was excited, a new game! Right now I’m working through a travel book ...
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Island Hoping: An Outbreak of Crabs
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For the next two years my wife and I will be serving in America's Un-armed Forces. These are my observations from the Republic of Vanuatu. Friday, May 29, 2009. An Outbreak of Crabs. Krissy went to the island of Emae this week. Emae is island blong crab,. Ie This place is overflowing with crabs. When she got home I put a big pot of water on the stove and got it boiling. Surprisingly this worked really well. I got five crabs in the boiling water and started salivating. I took a shower, and went to sleep&#...
