Help us send a group of extraordinary young Indonesian students from the isolated, rural communities of Tengger, Indonesia to the Bali Marathon – making dreams a reality and providing an opportunity for them to apply their months of training in an official event. Support us at: http://igg.me/at/tosaricrosscrountryrunsbali/x/2464388 About Our Cross Country Team Due … Continue reading
Several temples scatter the hillsides of the Tengger, but aside from visiting Poten during Kasada, I somehow have managed not to enter a single one. So after six months at site I decided it was time. I mentioned to Lilik and Dedik my plan and if they’d accompany me to explain things. They told me … Continue reading
All Peace Corps volunteers are given a primary project – in my case that being teaching English as a foreign language to 10th and 11th grade students. However, in addition to our primary assignment, we are encouraged to undertake a secondary project. Secondary projects are found in a wide variety as they’re essentially dependent on … Continue reading
This will be a short one, but I ought to check in with a brief update of the past few weeks. Like I mentioned in my last post, August was a busy month with Kasada, Indonesian Independence Day, and Idul Fitri (the end of Ramadan). Well because I live with a Hindu family, Idul Fitri … Continue reading
Well it’s been a few weeks since my last post so let me briefly fill you in on what I’ve been up to. Last time we spoke, I told you all that school is back in session. However, with the onset of Ramadan and my school still under construction, one will rarely find me in … Continue reading
I don’t even remember why I started running, maybe it was just a convenient way to listen to music or procrastinate schoolwork, either way it really began to increase in the Summer of 2010 while I was solo travelling France and Spain, needing a way to get myself out of the hostel when I didn’t … Continue reading
School has begun! Not to be confused with “my teaching has begun”…actually I am on vacation once again with four days off due to the beginning of Ramadan. For those of you who are not familiar with Ramadan, it is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar – the month of fasting. During Ramadan, Muslims … Continue reading
As I think I’ve mentioned before, my village here is no stranger to “buleh” (or foreigners) due to the multitude of tourists that visit and/or pass through on their way to one of Indonesia’s main tourist attractions, Mt. Bromo. Finally this past week I got to experience it myself, not once but twice! The night after … Continue reading
Most people started rolling in on Tuesday; aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, and group after group of energetic children roamed about, continuing the preparations for the wedding to take place Friday. Furniture was removed and stored in a neighbor’s crop-house down the street as every square inch here was converted into a kitchen – clusters … Continue reading
While most volunteers made their way down from Batu after swearing in, I went up up up. “UP” will be a recurring word in my blog I think. So many times I’ve used the word already…oh and “cold”…yes I think you will all be hearing a good deal of the words “up” and “cold”; usually … Continue reading
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