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16 Oct

An exceptional day

An exceptional day

(I wrote this yesterday, October 16, 2014, but couldn’t post till today) Today was a good day.  Let me qualify “good” as a new peace corps volunteer.  …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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12 Oct

Celebrating Biodiversity : Philippine Tender

Celebrating Biodiversity : Philippine Tender

Until now, this little fragment of the internet has become a log of the events over my first few months here in the Philippines.  Of …

 
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12 Oct

Pandan, Antique

Pandan, Antique

I arrived in Pandan, Antique on Thursday September 18, 2014. I left Manila in the morning, after a sleepless night saying farewell to volunteers scattering …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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12 Oct

Swearing in… its official

Swearing in… its official

On September 17, 2014 at 2:00 pm, 72 Peace Corps Trainees sat in the Charles Parsons Ballroom at the US Embassy in Mania to be …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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12 Sep

Peace Corps Training part 2… next stop Antique

Peace Corps Training part 2… next stop Antique

Hauling away plastics… and other garbage beach clean up – one of many bonfires burning waste Sorry for the infrequent updates.  I promise, it will be better …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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11 Aug

One month down, twenty-six to go!

One month down, twenty-six to go!

There is so much to catch up on since I arrived in Morong.  I am living in Poblacion,  a rural barangay despite being the municipal …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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18 Jul

Bagyo Glenda

Bagyo Glenda

Another exciting week has passed in the Philippines.  My sector, Coastal Resource Management, went on an excursion on Tuesday to Catalagan, Batangas.  We met the …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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13 Jul

Mabuhay!

Mabuhay!

The first phase of Peace Corps is Initial Orientation, which I have completed the first week of.  The days have been filled with training, some …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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07 Jul

Day One.

Day One.

  Home. For the next two weeks. I am fortunate to be able to connect to the internet from my room at the International Institute of Rural …

 
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05 Jul

I’m in the fast lane, from LA to Tokyo

I’m in the fast lane, from LA to Tokyo

LA>TOKYO>MANILA The day has come, I am waiting in the terminal at LAX with 79 other Peace Corps Trainees, awaiting our journey across the Pacific Ocean. …

 
By Lindsay Cope
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