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February 2009 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Saturday, February 28, 2009. Last November I went snorkeling in Shallow’s Cave. Since the loss of my snorkel, I’m been using one that was left my a former Peace Corps volunteer. I don’t like it as much as the one I had, but it works. A Great Week in ‘Eua. One of our first stops was at the edge of a giant cliff. We drove right up to the edge of the cliff…too close for comfort, before we stopped. But the real s...
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March 2009 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Monday, March 30, 2009. A Tongan Funeral (and kissing the dead). It was a sad week at the Vava’u Branch of the Tongan Development Bank where I work. Last week, two of the men I worked with each lost their mother. The first woman was buried on Saturday and the other on Monday. In Tonga, there are no funeral parlors. When someone dies, they are loaded into a vehicle and put in a freezer at the ...Because the...
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January 2009 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Thursday, January 29, 2009. My Peace Corps Experience is 1/2 Over. It’s hard for me to imagine that I have less than 11 months remaining as a Peace Corps volunteer. When I first got here on October 1, 2007. I didn’t expect the time would go by so quickly. Now 15 months later, I've completed three months of training and just over one year of service. To the Peace Corps until I finally got the invitation to.
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June 2009 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Sunday, June 21, 2009. The Future of Tonga. When I first arrived in Vava’u in October, 2007. I met an American tourist who had also just arrived. He was surprised to find out that there are Peace Corps volunteers serving in Tonga. As he put it, “This place is pretty first world”. After more than 40 years. I believe there are products which could be sold overseas and which could help Tonga reduce its reliance ...
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The Adventure Continues | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Saturday, May 28, 2011. It has been 18 months since I left Tonga and I doubt there has been a single day when I haven’t thought about my 27 months in Peace Corps and all of the wonderful people I met. I’ve even collaborated on. A travel guide about Tonga. With three of my former volunteers, Kate Ashelon, Jason Schneider and Shawn Quast. I now work for Peace Corps as the South Florida based recruiter. I spen...
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November 2009 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Monday, November 23, 2009. Steve’s Adventure Ends Today. It’s been more than three years since I first applied to join the Peace Corps and what an adventure it has been. I filled out my application on September 26, 2006. I arrived in Tonga on October 4, 2007. And today, November 23, 2009, I am leaving Tonga, no longer a Peace Corps volunteer. Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. At our head office on the mai...
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August 2008 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Sunday, August 31, 2008. The following was written by Joey 'Afitu Manfredo, who is the longest serving volunteer currently in Tonga. He is also our Volunteer leader. He agreed to allow me to post this article about his recent visit to Vava'u. Inquisitive: It’s easy to read and ask questions about culture—but it takes a little more to get knee-deep in the stuff…especially in the dark, at 6 am, ...Sorry to just b...
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September 2008 | Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps
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Steve's Adventure with the Peace Corps. My Stories about Peace Corps and the Kingdom of Tonga. Tuesday, September 30, 2008. One Year in Tonga. It was one year ago today. That I walked out of my home in West Palm Beach, said good-bye to my friends and family and began the adventure of a lifetime. This is a pretty awesome place. After spending two weeks in Australia. Malo aupito pae 'ofa atu ( Thank you very much and love to you. Posted by Steve Hunsicker. Tuesday, September 23, 2008. The transit system is...
