May highlights:
Got to see all my friends in my training group, most of whom live 3-4 days of travel away from me. I loved being surrounded by the people who came here with me, and to hear about all the exciting and inspiring things they’re doing in their villages.
Our conference was somewhat useful, and they bring us to the Peace Corps Training Center, where there’s unlimited electricity and hot water and they feed us 5X per day.
River trip (see previous posts)- best trip ever.
Checked off some Madagascar must-sees, such as baobabs, lemurs and tsingy. Also the red-tailed (?) mongoose, one giant man-eating crocodile, and the Madagascar kingfisher.
Getting out of my site and out of my region was good for me- I needed a break from my village life, and now I’m ready and excited to go back to it.
May low points:
Between being in Tana before the conference and our river trip afterwards, I spent too much money, drank too much, ate too much rich food, didn’t exercise enough, didn’t shower enough, and spent too much time on the internet when it was free and fast at the Peace Corps transit house.
Also, I generally don’t like to spend that much time away from my village. My projects tend to stall, and I get giant-sized guilt trips when I get back.
