Integration. The process of becoming a part of a new community through introductions, interactions, and involvement in new things. A buzzword in the Peace Corps, usually said with a capital I.These last three weeks I have spent in my home-to-be for the next two years, taking the first baby steps in this process of integration. I've been…Read more A Taste of Things to Come
Arrivals
Proofs of a Small World
The world is sometimes a very small place.When I first arrived in the Drakensberg (already more than three weeks ago; the time does fly!), I could not believe my eyes. The landscape of rolling hills, dry grasses accented with the lushness of Spring and agriculture, the fences along the road to keep out the cattle……Read more Proofs of a Small World
Thursday, July 16: Firsts
There were riots yesterday. We left before 0900 for Munyaya, the village where the school is located. Heading west on Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road, Livingstone's main street, the first sign of trouble was traffic coming toward us in the wrong lane, treating the four-lane highway as a two-lane road. The reason: taxis blocking the two lanes opposite.…Read more Thursday, July 16: Firsts
Wednesday, July 15: Arrival
Here I am: Livingstone, Zambia. On the opposite side of the world and two hemispheres away from where I started. I arrived here on Monday, July 12, jetlagged and over-caffeinated, with a mere seven of the previous 42 hours spent in restless sleep at 30,000 feet. I spent the flight from Johannesburg to Livingstone in…Read more Wednesday, July 15: Arrival
Under a Blazing Sky 