Posted in Cape Verde, Peace Corps, Blog on December 31st, 2005 No Comments »
It wasn’t that long since I got a chance to leave my island and visit another (Fogo, 1 week in September), but considering how hard the first 3 months are, I felt a needed another break. To see PC buddies I haven’t seen since the summer, do something special for Christmas, and get the heck […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Blog on December 23rd, 2005 2 Comments »
Don’t ya’ll worry about me, I’m enjoying my Christmas vacation on the island of Sao Vicente. I’m here now and will be either here or Santo Antao till the 28th. Until then, I wish everybody reading this a Merry Christmas. Now drink up for New Year’s. I know I will.
Feliz Natal yo!
Posted in Cape Verde, Peace Corps, Blog on December 22nd, 2005 No Comments »
This post’s title crept into my head once and I have been thinking about how true it is ever since.
A little heat off my chest before I go on Christmas vacation and regret all the bad things I said. I’m not going to sugarcoat any of the following. My 3rd month at site (Month […]
Posted in Cambodia, Cape Verde, Blog on December 14th, 2005 3 Comments »
Typical conversation had with a Cape Verdean stranger:
“So where do you live in America?”
“You ever heard of Providence?”
“Uhh…nao”
Sigh…”My house is an hour from Boston”
“So you live in Boston!”
“…yeah..”
“Do you know _______”, (fill in blank with name of Cape Verdean relative)
“Sorry, no.”
“Why not?”
“Well Boston is a big big city”. A statement I would never say in […]
Posted in Cape Verde, Blog on December 14th, 2005 No Comments »
When I lived with my homestay family in Sao Domingos, I complained that “Sao Dao” is in the middle of nowhere because it didn’t have a functioning internet café and actually only has one road. But we took a field trip to see the town’s one (and only) water pump, and soon realized my standards […]
