Q&A for the big TWO: |
How are you adjusting to life back in the US?I knew that readjusting would be hard, so I scheduled two weeks in Russia (with my sister) and a week and a half in Seattle (with a close friend) before fi...
Posted by Robert on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:30:00 PST |
Picture Post |
Hello one and all who might stumble upon this page after it has long laid in disuse. I posted about five new photos from the field on flickr - the link is in an earlier post. I'm sorry I haven't kept ...
Posted by Robert on Sat, 05 May 2007 12:03:00 PST |
New Pictures! |
It's a picture post this time - on My Flickr Page.Enjoy!
Posted by Robert on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:22:00 PST |
Ramadan |
Welcome back to the world of the living! I have been silent for some time now. Partly due to living with a local family for three weeks (who have no phone line in their region of the city), and partly...
Posted by Robert on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:06:00 PST |
Reflections |
I arrived in Darfur for the second time on the 19th of September, exactly three months after I arrived in Darfur the first time. Much has changed since that first landing, both in me and in the status...
Posted by Robert on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:02:00 PST |
New Adventures |
New opportunities are always popping up (in the midst of challenges). I have developed a wonderful friendship with the man that is in the photo of my last newsletter - I'll call him A. (by the way, if...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:47:00 PST |
Local Food |
Someone commented on one of my previous blogs that they wanted to know more specifically what kind of foods I am eating now. To start off, the most common and inexpensive foods are Taamaya and Foul. T...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:39:00 PST |
Cultural Knowledge |
Culture is all about unspoken rules. We have tons of them in the States - some we know about, some we just follow without even thinking about it. I am learning so many new things about the way this cu...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:33:00 PST |
Culture Shock and a Dose of Humility |
The cultural transition has been harder this time than on my previous trips overseas. Its not the food, the heat, or the clothing that is difficult. Its relationships. In order for me to buy vegetable...
Posted by Robert on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:38:00 PST |
I'm not the newbie anymore! |
Just last night the first new team member arrived. So, I'm not the new kid on the block anymore. Well, almost. This guy's been travelling all over the world for at least 50 years. Yep, he's old enough...
Posted by Robert on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:41:00 PST |
