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

Officially a volunteer!

G27 just after swearing in

Almost there!

Pre-cyclone, the plan was to swear in on April 2nd and head out to site shortly thereafter. With our hiatus in Sydney, however, we had to make up the training that we missed and our swearing in ceremony was pushed back to the 16th, aka the day after tomorrow!
As much as I love my fellow trainees, it's definitely high time to get this adventure started for real.
The big news from the past couple weeks is that all the people that had to switch sites because for cyclone-related reasons found out about their new sites, and while I lost two island mates (Sean and Lindsey), I gained three new ones (Thomas, Avery, and Kathleen).
Let's get this thing started for real! So close!