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  • dear all, well...*IM HOME!* YAY! i'm an R.P.C.V.!! (returned peace corps volunteer, homies.) two years in the peace corps -- CHECK. one life goal down!i flew back from steamy dar es salaam to the even-steamier florid…

  • ten crimes of sarah palin. pssst -- this woman is the STINK.

    our new presumed republican vice president nominee makes me laugh. CRIME NUMERO 1:the lady is NOT GOOD for the polar bears. seriously, she chose not to reup their status to endagered. she stinks. polar bears do not. …

  • dear friends, many belated greetings from this side of the ocean. im looking at my calendar and wondering where, exactly, my days went. i have, gosh, ten days or so left over here until i board a plane back to merik…

  • essay competitions are fun

    dear friends, not only is time flying, but lately, ive begun to think time's put on a pair of turbojet boosters. im lookin at roughly 40 some days left on this side of the world, and, while im (eagerly) looking forward …

  • cynth's chimp adventures!

    dear friends, i know it's been awhile, but, i'm on VACATION! ...and, since this was my *last* tanzanian holiday (the term 'holiday' being used in the british sense, here), i decided to go ALL OUT. vaction extremo. …

  • dear friends, many warm and sweaty greetings from dar es salaam, the commercial capital of my fave third world haven. i arrived in town a few days ago to receive my second h.p.v. bootser and annual flu vaccine, courtes…

  • happy MAY!

    dear friends, happy MAY! coincidently, we celebrated mayday in style with a good ol' tanzanian holiday, worker's day, the east african equivalent of labor day. since im a government employee (techincally a 'gov…

  • april showers bring a muddy mess

    dear friends, tanzania's rainy season began late march, and my world's turned soggy. to my great displeasure, cockroaches, scared cats, and other creeping crawling things take refuge inside my cozy docile…

  • dear friends, happy march 2008! this year continues to fly by! winter's almost over in the states, and i'm almost halfway done with my first semester. i've noticed so so many differences between my second year of serv…

  • three cheers for lens crafters!

    Dear Lens Crafters, Hello!! My name is Cynthia Wambsgans, and I am a Peace Corps Volunteer inAfrica, as well as a satisfied Lens Crafters customer. I am writing on behalf of a Tanzanian studentof mine, Nichol…

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