We were on top of the world, and it was…foggy

Look! It's the lovely view of the two lakes on top of Manaro

PAD Part 3 and Life Update

I've been at site for almost a month now, and am settling in to some sort of routine. I wake up early, read for a bit, then head to work at about 8. Assuming power and internet are both on (which happens about half the time), I spend my time at work alternating between reading, watching movies, browsing the internet, talking with co-workers, and very occasionally fixing a computer. If the internet's not on, same thing, but remove all the computer-related activities. If the power's not on (3 days in a row is the record, due to lack of fuel to run the generator), same thing, bur remove the office setting and replace it with my hammock and a book. As in, if the power's not on, no one comes to work, so neither do I. Luckily, since the 6-day weekend we got, power's been fairly consistent, so work has been as well.

Photo a day (PAD): Part 2

Almost three weeks in! I'm settling into a bit of a groove, and am starting to get to know people around town.

Some Peace Corps visitors hangin' my porch

The Story of Stuff

    This is a story all about how my stuff got flipped, turned upside down...but for real, it's been an adventure getting everything to Ambae!

Saratamata (Photo a Day Project Part 1)

I've now been at site for almost two weeks, and things are going well. I've got an awesome house, a great host family, and the job...well, I'm still figuring that one out. I show up at work every day, but am still not quite sure what my role will be over my time here.
I'm hoping to take a picture every day while I'm here, and I figure that posting these photos to my blog will help to keep my honest in keeping up with my project. I started taking the pictures the day I got to Ambae as an official volunteer, mostly because I didn't think of it until a couple of days after swearing in...
Anyways, here's the first in a series of what will be many photos of my life on Ambae:

A Twin Otter plane. It seats roughly 20 people, and is mostly what we take to get to Ambae