tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385607572306900982024-03-05T16:38:10.299-05:0080° in the summer...79° in the winter27 months in Peace Corps NicaraguaNishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-35566203254992543982013-02-01T20:16:00.001-05:002013-02-01T20:16:03.517-05:00ChatSalud Aims to Empower Rural Nicaraguans to Advocate for their Sexual and Reproductive Health.Want to see what I've been up to (and consequently away from blogging) for the past year? Check it out:<br />
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Would love to hear your comments/suggestions/questions!<br />
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-NishNishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-68618766718299833542012-04-08T23:11:00.000-04:002012-04-16T02:04:38.195-04:00Bolo Horn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Reader! Between December of 2011 and January of 2012 I spent a few weeks on vacation with my family in India. I was debating for a long while if my experience should be cataloged as part of this blog since it wasn't exactly Peace Corps related. However my family is a huge part of who I am today and you can still get a great view of another culture. There are 38 pics so stick with me here:</div>
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I met my parents at the airport in Newark and we flew over to Bombay (now called Mumbai), India. On one of our first road trips I caught this great image. If you don't understand the painting on the truck is trying to say try reading it with an Indian accent. (Hint: Blow Horn)</div>
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During our road trip we saw hundreds of pilgrims walking the long miles towards Nasik a religious destination. According to my Uncle it could take them a month to get there on foot. </div>
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I was stunned when we turned a corner and saw windmills stretched out to the horizon; apparently the government is starting to look towards renewable resources. </div>
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India is a massive country with various types of terrain, in Maharashtra its more arid with lots of plains </div>
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The picture above and below are a part of Bombay called Mulund (I was born around here). As you can see the city is still growing and seems to be rebuilding itself every time I visit. </div>
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My mom's oldest brother measuring how tall I had grown in the years since he had last seen me. Same guy used to carry me around as a kid. </div>
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Spending New Years with the family sharing a little bit of Nicaragua with them (that is Flor de Cana on the right) </div>
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We then packed up and went to the south of India to visit my Dad's mom's side of the family. This is how well I fit into a train compartment. </div>
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One of the many stops the train takes on its 16 hour trip down south. </div>
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The entire family in one compartment playing cards to pass the time. When its time to sleep the seats fold up to become multiple sleeping berths. </div>
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The pictures above and below are sunrise the next morning as we get close to our destination. </div>
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Kannur (Cannanore as the British called it) is located in the state of Kerala. It seems that everybody who lives in Bombay has a "gao" or native place. Somewhere your family comes from and you spend your summer vacations during school. You can see the name in English, Hindi (National Language) and Malayalam (the local language).</div>
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This is where I spent some of those vacations. It is my father's and grandfather's house and I remember spending long, humid summer days playing cricket with my cousins here. <br />
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Drawing water from the well to bathe </div>
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This ingenious contraction is a giant copper pot that is set in concrete. It is filled with water and then a fire is set under it in the morning. The insulated pot keeps the water hot all day for anybody wanting to take a bath. My mind was blown.</div>
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The view of the Gateway of India from the Taj </div>
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This trip was particularly amazing for me because it was the first family reunion (my paternal grandmothers side) we had ever had. I saw people who hadn't seen me since I was two and were pleasantly surprised. I am officially the tallest member in my family.</div>
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I was also lucky enough to be able to hang out with my family on my mother's side (photos above and below)<br />
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It's funny because on my dad's side I'm the youngest and on my mom's side I'm the oldest</div>
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This is most of my direct family on my dad's side (with one of my mom's brothers there also) </div>
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And there was cake for my parent's 25th wedding anniversary!</div>
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</div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-84515575496151037422011-12-17T20:08:00.002-05:002011-12-17T20:08:22.338-05:00Pictures from the last few months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are a bunch of photos from the last few months that I've been meaning to put up. For those of you who read my coffee post some of these will be review but there are some great ones in there. Thanks for reading and let me know if you have any more questions!<br />
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https://picasaweb.google.com/117824209820181780073/UpdateNov2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCKHAncvZ65raKQ</div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-75214213215259754772011-12-14T23:42:00.001-05:002011-12-14T23:42:36.112-05:00How coffee gets from my back yard to your cup<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello again dear reader, <br />
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So as a teaser (and since I wasn't able to put all my pictures from an update into one blog) I've decided to post a few separate updates. This one is focused on coffee and its production since that is what truly comes out of the mountains of northern Nicaragua where I live. Once again mainly pictures :)<br />
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<b>These first four photos are my attempt at panoramic shots that I've taken of vantage points I've seen in the adventures through the mountains. These are where the coffee farms are located and this is where I get to do a majority of my work:</b> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountains full of coffee or as it was explained to me "This side goes to Starbucks, and this side goes to Folgers"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coffee bean before it is mature</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coffee that is maturing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coffee is picked by migrant worker, placed into a machine that removes the shell and allowed to ferment in pits like this one for a day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water is drained out and the coffee is pushed down shoots with fresh water to separate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flowing water carries the empty shells with it leaving the seeds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Empty shells collecting at one of the many separation gates</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've taken some friends advice and started editing some of my photos, this is a good example</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coffee is then collected and placed to dry on long drying tables that also sift out unwanted produce</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Migrant workers moving coffee</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coffee is then placed in sacks to the taken to a central collection area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've spent a couple of days working on the farms doing the lifting and what not, those sacks weight around 200 pounds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is coffee that hasn't been shelled that will be toasted for local consumption</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the farm owners sons tired after a day of work and his puppy who doesn't want to stop playing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coffee is taken to a central location where it is placed out on long toasting slabs and flipped regularly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toasting coffee</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beans are then washed one last time, dried, and ground to make coffee which is packaged and shipped...this is the BEST coffee I've ever had in my life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend I stay with when I go way out into the mountains tells me how much he likes his life here because he has no worries, everything he needs is provided for around him, is demonstration he went to get me some milk straight from a cow in the early morning.</td></tr>
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And that my friends is coffee. For those of you caffeine addicts who want a cheap vacation, feel free to come visit, you wont regret it.<br />
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Hey all, can you believe its been 8 months!?! Once again I'm very late with this blog entry but once again I'm going to not write huge blocks of script but rather let the pictures do the talking.</div>
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A lot of things have happened in the last few months so it is definitely a good time to catch up. For starters I'm no longer in my first 3 months of service, which means that I can now move freely around the country and take vacations and such (you should visit). I also now have a fairly full work schedule and some large scale projects that I'm starting which means writing long proposals to USAID...in Spanish...yikes.</div>
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<b>On Traveling</b></div>
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Nicaragua is gorgeous. I can't stress that enough. I'm afraid I'm starting to become a little desensitized to how many breathtaking views seem to be just about everywhere The north where I am is mainly mountains with a lot of coffee, beans and corn farms. Down the pacific coast as you get more central you begin to see a lot more of the Spanish culture in the cities of Leon and Esteli. Finally to the south on the pacific coast there are a lot of great beaches for surfing and relaxing. Amongst all this there are volcanoes seemingly clustered everywhere near the middle. Unfortunately the atlantic coast is a bit unknown to me but I will definitely visit and update. The following photos are from a trip I took with two of my friends to a coffee plantation known as Tisey near the town of Esteli.<b> </b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the Finca Owners at Tisey who happened to be at the top of the mountain we climbed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend took a whole bunch of really artsy pictures.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me looking out over the Mountains at Tisey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bread found in the plantation at Tisey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Alyssa and I posing in front of the entrance </td></tr>
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<b>So my friend really did take these pictures...amazing right! They could be your background pic</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the three of up at the top</td></tr>
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<b>On having a little fun in site (next post will have the pics of sports as well)</b><br />
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I've also been hanging around and exploring my site a lot with my site mates, the following are some pictures from a hike I took with Matt to the top of the big mountain near us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt striking a pose on top of a mountain near Quilali</td></tr>
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<b>On day to day living</b> <br />
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The following are pictures from my day to day life regardless of work. My house and such.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clouds very close down over the mountains just after the rain taken from my house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working with the doctor from one of the local NGO's traveling to rural communities to deliver healthcare</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and a couple nurses before a big presentation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My host mother Esperanza (left), Tomasa who is about to deliver her second child and Harito (her first child)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water comes in muddy when it rains...which is all the time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So to not have to bathe in muddy water, we try to collect rainwater when it rains</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My room, I was moved in by all the little kids, the floor is really nice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily shelling beans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The garden and my entrance way with the porch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The patio inside the compound</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the north outside my gate, the sky is almost always that pretty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the south outside my gate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up at Cerro la Gloria, the mountain a lot of pictures are taken from</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main street in town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The exit out of town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun starting to set</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance to my town with my shadow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrace to my street, only the main road is paved</td></tr>
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<b>On Birthday Parties</b><br />
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To answer some of the cultural questions the following are pictures from a big birthday party I went to in my training town. A few things you should remember:<br />
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-It's a big party<br />
-It's very religious<br />
-There will be a ranchera singer<br />
-There will be lots of food<br />
-As the birthday person, it is your job to put on the party and make sure people are happy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going back to my training town for a birthday party, getting ready, chopping veggies for a the meal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slicing oranges to mix with starfruit, DELICIOUS</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">remember the small pitbull puppy? he is big now...still remembers me though</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my training town host mother cooking in large quantities</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the girls getting ready for the party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up the tent and the chairs for the fiesta</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More kids getting dolled up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attractive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the end product on the rice, delicious</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we even got a famous ranchera singer entertaining the birthday girl</td></tr>
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<b>On Traveling</b><br />
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The following pictures are just a few shots from the transportation to and from my site.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So tilt your head to the left, this picture is taken out of the side of a bus in the roads in which we travel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt and I have to often get out and push, or re build the road<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some more mountains on the long ride to an from my site</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still great views<br />
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Finally a picture of all of us (me, julie and matt) holding harito</td></tr>
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So yes, that's in a nutshell my life right now. What to look forward in the future?<br />
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<br />- Work : 10 youth groups, 3 groups of health promoters, working with farmers, working on a USAID grant for large scale project, working at the local hospital, building rooms in local school, building an adolescent clinic, good pics.<br />
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-Travel: visiting the other sides of the country, learning new languages, eating new food, snowboarding down a volcano, better pics.<br />
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-Fun: more hanging out with my Nicaraguan family, making new Nicaraguan friends, joining the local baseball team (even though I'm probably terrible) and who knows what else, best pics.<br />
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Thank you so much for reading!<br />
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If you want to keep in touch or have questions/comments/arbitrary statements that you want to send me feel free to email: nish.kishore@gmail.com<br />
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I haven't figured out how to respond to comments yet so email might be better.<br />
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If you want to call and chat it up my phone number is +50587110910<br />
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I hope to hear from all of you!<br />
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Nish<br />
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Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-15164912458656115132011-05-26T21:37:00.000-04:002011-05-26T21:37:13.565-04:00A Taste of the Next 2 Years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpc0q7HD3rs_fvbCMvZYEu_QHZ3dRNR-NaSXr-8rT-_U81VCQNA6RoqPySg5OCdVcHfLG_IcpqL4ZvPC7deuy72aWKnkbljSBIZ0tshJrsJXtpWBxaGRDltEkYpx247RljJ9qYwcgHq0/s1600/SAM_0965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> </a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hello again to family and friends and thanks for keeping up with my blog. Once again I’ll try to throw in as many pictures as possible to keep things lively. I really wish there was a way to completely transmit all the experiences I’ve been through so far because unfortunately my words rarely do it justice.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> At this point I've been living in my site, Quilali, for almost two months. I have begun a lot of my work and have been finding plenty of ways to keep myself busy. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">For those who may not know this is as good of a time as any to explain the 3 goals that were set up for the Peace Corps, now 50 years ago:</div><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal">Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.</li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal"> That being said I've been finding that my job description goes a lot further than just working with the health centers but often expanding to explaining American culture and understanding that of Nicaragua.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve been thinking for a long time on the best way in which to my experiences to those reading and I feel rather than trying to cover every little thing, I would do better to highlight a few of my experiences.<span> </span>As you read please remember that these are maybe a quarter of my day to day life at best.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This post covers the very end of my 3 months in my training town and my first 8 weeks or so in site.<span> </span>The end of my time in training is highlighted with the finals in the tournament with my basketball team, a hike down into the Laguna de Apollo and swearing in.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is a picture of my team:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Behind us is the little red moto taxi which we would all cram into to get to and from our games.<span> </span>I know I look a lot bigger than them but…well it wasn’t as drastic as the photo makes it looks.<span> </span>Either way we went to win a decent number of the games that we played and unfortunately I was unable to finish the tournament with them.<span> </span>I will say one thing, basketball in the Nicaraguan Rec. League sense means very interesting games.<span> </span>Rather than running plays, the majority of it is trying to emulate moves that they see on the NBA.<span> </span>It’s a ton of fun and incredibly frustrating at the same time.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I also spent my last free weekend in my training town to go hiking down into the Laguna de Apollo.<span> </span>It is one of the giant lakes that gives Nicaragua its famous phrase (Land of Lakes and Volcanoes).<span> </span>It is located near Masaya and on its shores lie the jewel of Nicaragua, Granada.<span> </span>This is a pictures from up above before we hiked down to the beach at the bottom.<span> </span>Unfortunately I was so excited to swim that I forgot to take pictures of the beach itself.</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]-->In my site and during work hours a lot of my time is spent planning.<span> </span>Planning lectures, travel, logistics, youth groups, further activities and fairs with the health center.</div><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">The following series of pictures is from the week of Easter (called Semana Santa) during which we were required by central control to do at least 600 rapid HIV tests.<span> </span>So during a week where the majority of people are at the rivers and their “beaches” drinking and relaxing, we set up tests and went out to gently prod Nicaraguans into taking the tests.<span> </span>This includes giving pre and post test counseling as well as dozens of lectures on HIV/AIDS, sexual reproductive health and whatever other topics the general public wanted information on.<span> </span>At some point during the days of the our campaign my counterparts found out that I had never really ridden a horse before and that it was one of my goals in Nicaragua to travel around on a horse as part of my job.<span> </span>They flagged down a passing campesino (farmer) on a horse and asked if I could ride it.<span> </span>To get the laughs out of the way this horse was rather small...and completely out of my control</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The doctors and other health workers waiting for more patients in the blazing noon sun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes for a little while nobody would come, and then all of a sudden we would have a line of 30 waiting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor horse...my feet are almost dragging on the ground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denis with the son of the driver crossing the river on a felled tree with me bringing up the rear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">walking up to the house on the farm with Jan Carlos and Jarito (the two kids)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">My second set of adventures was an excursion further into the campo (countryside) than I already live.<span> </span>I took a ride in the back of a pickup truck out to the farm which my new host family operates.<span> </span>I thought I was well isolated in my site, but it is nothing compared to the river fording, mountain climbing, out of cell phone range type of isolation I faced there.<span> </span>It was absolutely amazing and I’m looking forward to spending a few more nights out there.<span> </span>On a slightly different note, something I’ve learned about roosters, they don’t just crow at dawn, they crow whenever they damn well please…which includes every ten minutes after you try to go to sleep. </div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all the farm animals and Chipe the nephew of my host mom taking care of them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jarol (Jarito's dad) chops down some sugar cane for us to eat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jarol works as an agricultural technician at a Co-op, and is out inspecting some of the fields </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jarol and his partner take a load of platanos (plantains) back to the HQ</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the other side of the farm</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">This last sequence of pictures is random shots of lectures and work that I have been involved with in the past 2 months.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giving a lecture on the management of chronic disease to a group of older patients and working on a month by month treatment option.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to get the kids from one of my youth group to let out some energy by playing "human knot"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my counterparts in the middle of giving a lecture to a youth group about STI's </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my youth groups giving talk on HIV/AIDS to their peers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Doctors I had gone with out a Salida de Terreno (when we visit the communities)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me giving a lecture on water contamination at the local school </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one fuzzy picture that has both me and the kids in it</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Well unfortunately that's all I have for now. Let me know if there are any specific questions or thoughts you had about Nicaraguan culture on my email nish.kishore@gmail.com<br />
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For those who want to send letters or packages, my new and hopefully permanent address is:<br />
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Nishant Kishore<br />
Apartado Postal 21<br />
Ocotal, Nueva Segovia<br />
Nicaragua<br />
Centroamerica<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for reading and I really look forward to hearing from all of you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the way, this video is how we go on those visits out into the community to give lectures and work with youth groups. It's probably one of the best parts of my day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-26203703397368371882011-03-23T20:46:00.000-04:002011-03-23T20:46:33.584-04:00The First Three Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiW1P3YfDUaUR6axy6fnZVMEDQ_CLMVocKS7SSrCapj9nAInPgunJIgSmbYpJXgt8FbU0MCNbesvhDygVhVJnGNATeKrBBbLcywuEW4kRmVO4b8rQjuChQTzEV9DlEyvdh7CLTiTb_4A/s1600/IMG_5585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiW1P3YfDUaUR6axy6fnZVMEDQ_CLMVocKS7SSrCapj9nAInPgunJIgSmbYpJXgt8FbU0MCNbesvhDygVhVJnGNATeKrBBbLcywuEW4kRmVO4b8rQjuChQTzEV9DlEyvdh7CLTiTb_4A/s320/IMG_5585.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<b> So I thought I would start off with some gorgeous pictures that I have taken off my site to get you interested:</b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I told you that I would write again soon…and here I am almost three months later putting my actions into words.<span> </span>To be fair we have been having a fair number of electrical shortages and the last thing I want to do at the end of a hot day is sit in front of the computer.<span> </span>For those who know me well, I’m actually sleeping plenty now.<span> </span>Weird I know.<span> </span>Anyways this post is going to be pretty long with a ton of pictures so I’ll split it up into titled sections so you can pick and choose what to read.<span> </span>Enjoy!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>On my life here so far:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Amazing would be too soft of a word to describe things so far.<span> </span>There have definitely been ups and downs but for the most part everything has been great.<span> </span>I have been in training in a little town called Nandasmo about an hour and a half outside of Managua and taking a crash course in Spanish as well as sustainable development.<span> </span>The days have flown by and at the moment I have a little bit over a week left in this place.<span> </span>It is shocking because I have finally become at home here.<span> </span>I have spent time working in a bakery (panaderia), carpentry shop (muebleria) and making friends with countless kind individuals here.<span> </span>It will be strange to pick up and leave for a far away place (Quilalí, I’ll talk more about my site in a bit) leaving behind so many relationships that I have forged in that frantic rush one often finds themselves in when they are lost and looking for any foothold.<span> </span>I’ll be leaving behind a family who made me feel at home and a community that I have come to call my home.<span> </span>I can only hope that my new home will treat me the same.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>On a regular day:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Generally I’ll get up around 6:30 am or when some fruit falls from a tree and lands on my tin roof scaring the hell out of me.<span> </span>Then its breakfast and off to class by about 8:00 am give or take.<span> </span>Class goes till 12:00 pm when we break for lunch and then starts again at 1:00 pm going till 3:00 pm.<span> </span>After this I usually spend a little time relaxing and then head to the basketball court.<span> </span>There is a small team in my pueblito that plays against other pueblitos every weekend so we usually play and the game switches between basketball and cement court soccer (football sala).<span> </span>I usually head back home after the game about 6:30 pm and have dinner and chat with the family about anything and everything.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>During the week, this is my regular schedule Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday.<span> </span>The other days I usually have to travel to other pueblos for meetings and presentations on various themes ranging from security to technical aspects of our work. Every day brings something new!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>On my transition:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my little house and through that window to the right is my room</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>The next 7 days are going to be quick and very interesting.<span> </span>I will have my last Spanish class tomorrow and my last language test to see what range I will be in before I get placed in my site. <span> </span>I’m currently Intermediate Mid Strong, which means I already qualify to move ahead. <span> </span>Next week I will be doing all my last minute meetings with my supervisors and having a day at the Embassy as well.<span> </span>On April 1<sup>st</sup> I will be sworn in by the staff and the ambassador and then the next day, head out to my site.<span> </span>The entire process of training has gone by faster than I could have imagined and from what I hear, the two years here will as well.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My training town team Allison (left) and Angie (right)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holman "Memito" my host nephew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Church of Nandasmo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me cutting up a coconut, I always seem to have a 5 o'clock shadow nowadays</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>On my site:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>I was assigned my site about 2 weeks ago and spent all of last week visiting it and trying to determine my work there which I will be taking over form a previous volunteer (Liz Sampson). <span> </span>From what I understand integration and figuring out the regions in which I can do the most work will be the focus of my first couple of months in site.<span> </span>The site is called Quilalí and is located in the department of Nueva Segovia in the northern part of Nicaragua bordering Honduras.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Nueva Segovia, Quilali is located to the bottom right of it</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">To get to my site, I take a bus from Managua to Occotal ( the capital of the department) which takes somewhere between three of four hours. From there I jump take another bus through dirt mountain roads, over rivers and along cliff faces till I dive back into the city of Quilali which is located in a valley surrounded by mountains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijijgvYr4ut6nqTt-6ZmAKVEcA4ITR5_1ueJSg-6tDjvPlWf3auCudHLYFbTZA9xAVLuoN0LCWpHpNi3hyphenhyphenLADvRDMEHmFeDm3cbjlu0zU6ZJvlBV14Ff6gKMthF00XDmlisCQvEPYCIKkD/s320/Dibujo.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijijgvYr4ut6nqTt-6ZmAKVEcA4ITR5_1ueJSg-6tDjvPlWf3auCudHLYFbTZA9xAVLuoN0LCWpHpNi3hyphenhyphenLADvRDMEHmFeDm3cbjlu0zU6ZJvlBV14Ff6gKMthF00XDmlisCQvEPYCIKkD/s320/Dibujo.bmp" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Quilali is a decently sized town (about 11,000 people in the city) with 29,000 people in the Municipality. It is incredibly rural with a lot of my work concentrated outside of the urban center. The majority of the population works in farms and Quilali is known to be a great place to get coffee. For example my land lady walks out every morning and picks fresh coffee beans, which she then roasts over a fire and grinds for coffee...every day. I think I am addicted already. I am also currently considering either buying or renting a horse so that I will be able to go out to the communities with ease to work.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">During my site visit I managed to hitch a ride in an ambulance back from the main hospital in Occotal to Quilali:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not quite the same at the ones back home</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Landlady (right) and her family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Volunteer that I will be replacing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on top of a mountain with a great view of Quilali</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I can look forward to seeing for the next two years!</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>On my work:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The work of the Peace Corps in my sector in Nicaragua is pretty straight forward at the moment. <span> </span>I will be concentrating on HIV/AIDS education in at risk populations and working on the issue of teen pregnancies (at times below the age of 12) which have been deemed important to the health ministry (MINSA) of Nicaragua. <span> </span>On top of this I will be working in the Health Center in my site with anything they can use help with as well as working on their public health concerns which include Parasitosis, Upper Respiratory Infections (a lot of people burn their trash and there is a lot of dust), STI’s, Dengue and some Mental Health Problems. <span> </span>I will be leading youth groups, training brigadistas / youth health promoters, working in the Health Center and working in the local schools. <span> </span>On top of all of this I will be picking up any side projects such as potable water supply or childhood nutrition.<span> </span>To say the least there is a lot of work to do at my site and I'm really looking forward to learning a lot of about grassroots public health and rural development.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Just jump right into it.<span> </span>They don’t get easier when you easy into them, and they end quicker and might even be refreshing if you do them fast.<span> </span>I haven’t really had a problem though as it is rarely chilly after 5am here making the cold water feels great.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>On Latrines:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Not as bad as you think they are, you get used to them.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>On New People and New Cultures:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I have found that culture is stunning and different everywhere you go. <span> </span>That being said, no matter how different people might seem from you, there is always some common ground to be found. <span> </span>People are people.<span> </span>They all have their fears, insecurities, aspirations and needs.<span> </span>I think that once I came to terms with that, I was able to relate a lot easier.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b> On to the next chapter: </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So I will end this entry here. I find myself in one of those many moments in life where one chapter ends and the page needs to be turned. For me this chapter was fantastic; one filled with adventure, excitement and unfortunately way too short. I have a small idea of what I have in front of me but I can't even begin to guess at the big picture. I'm sure story will be long and suspenseful; filled with some potholes, trials and tribulations. But the pages will keep turning and I look forward to what are sure to be some of the best years of my life.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I wont assume to make promises about my next blog entry, but I will at least try to get up some pictures from swearing-in and my first month in my site.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Also if you are planning on sending letters at the moment, hold off until I figure out what my new address will be please or I wont get it for at least 3 months.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">On January 11<sup>th</sup>, forty-four Peace Corps volunteers showed up at the Holiday Inn in Arlington to start staging and prepare to leave later that night at about 1:30 am.<span> </span>We were joined in the hotel by volunteers leaving for Panama.<span> </span>At around 10:30 pm we found out that the flight had been canceled due to possibility of inclement weather.<span> </span>Essentially the plane we were meant to leave on had not arrived in Reagan during the night due to the weather and hence we were stuck.<span> </span>On the 12<sup>th</sup> we woke to find clear streets, brisk weather and a little snow on the ground.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>One of the big tenants of being a Peace Corps volunteer is being flexible and we learned that immediately.<span> </span>While our staging staff spent many hours and I’m sure a few sleepless nights trying to get us onto a plane, we were left on the 12<sup>th</sup> to entertain ourselves.<span> </span>Since we were so close to DC, a large group of us decided to go into town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXg2Ri3u8du9fej-6EJ79kKVUKDCYoqBz7VMFptEmlC3B7ztUjMmDcz3BBKJT7XG3sCyIaLIAc-ojy-_vW4QnEkSZHzaKEi4USo-Wv3DaU4bYBpYhbMRJvJ49qhpKmTGs0U6qenEvj_Fk/s1600/IMG_0199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> At the airport we were received my Peace Corps Nicaragua staff and current volunteers from the country who led us across the street to our beautiful hotel.<span> </span>We were told to enjoy as this would be one of the few times that we would enjoy such luxuries.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>As I’m writing this, it is 1:40 pm (Nica time) and we are just about to be told the location of our training sites.<span> </span>The forty-four of us will be split up into various groups of 3-4 based on our Spanish competency and placed into training communities where we will live and learn for 11 weeks.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Drum roll please…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_pKLefY1J-CdRMll5jPSKGWvWVfZ0v28L7MSc1M_vB2ljMn1lOkQDjhgc6vleQaXT1SCy8p3k-U4Ti98xXLWENd7XaXSfWGIrmLU7qUknK5DwGbhkPnNv45e0h8Eym26A_LB42xWLzA/s1600/SAM_0703.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_pKLefY1J-CdRMll5jPSKGWvWVfZ0v28L7MSc1M_vB2ljMn1lOkQDjhgc6vleQaXT1SCy8p3k-U4Ti98xXLWENd7XaXSfWGIrmLU7qUknK5DwGbhkPnNv45e0h8Eym26A_LB42xWLzA/s320/SAM_0703.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ll write again when I’m settled in!</div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-76090340587103331732011-01-11T01:47:00.000-05:002011-01-11T01:47:28.619-05:00Keeping in Touch<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">The best way to keep at least for the next 3 months is going to be through email (<a href="mailto:nish.kishore@gmail.com"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">nish.kishore@gmail.com</span></a>).<span> </span>If you want to send me letters or packages the mailing address is as follows:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I will definitely write back! </div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-58237134417198556442011-01-11T01:42:00.000-05:002011-01-11T01:42:45.041-05:00On Packing for 2 Years<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">At 12:41 AM on Jan 11<sup>th</sup>, 2010 I finally finished packing for my trip. <span> </span>I would put up pictures but I tore the house apart looking for bits and pieces of my past to take with me.<span> </span>A lot of people have asked me what you take with you when you leave for that long so here is a short list:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">-jeans, shorts and slacks</div><div class="MsoNormal">-various dress shirts and work clothes</div><div class="MsoNormal">-shoes for running, hiking, working and sandals</div><div class="MsoNormal">-t-shirts</div><div class="MsoNormal">-rain coat and poncho</div><div class="MsoNormal">-boxers and what not</div><div class="MsoNormal">-lots of socks</div><div class="MsoNormal">-hat, bandana</div><div class="MsoNormal">-towels and bed sheets</div><div class="MsoNormal">-swiss army knife</div><div class="MsoNormal">-hiking back pack</div><div class="MsoNormal">-sunglasses</div><div class="MsoNormal">-forms of entertainment (books, mp3 players, cd’s…)</div><div class="MsoNormal">-sturdy water bottle</div><div class="MsoNormal">-first aid kit</div><div class="MsoNormal">-pictures and other things to take a piece of home with you</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I promise posts in the future with include pictures to spice things up. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338560757230690098.post-11217844381004635062010-12-17T02:12:00.002-05:002011-01-11T01:09:58.725-05:00On Lasts and Firsts<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">As the days on the calendar slowly get marked out, I realize that I have a little less than a month left before a lot of things I thought I knew are going to change. Everything that I have come to expect and understand through my twenty-two years weighs more than I ever thought it would. Had you asked me about my trip a few months ago I would have thrown back an idealistic comment about adventure and excitement. These days they sound a lot like a tape being stopped, rewound and played, assuring family and friends alike that I am fully confident, headstrong and without a fear in the world.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> Don’t worry I’m not having a single second thought or regret. Rather as my days at home (both house and country) slip by me before I can look up and acknowledge them, I find myself considering what I will truly miss. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> However before this becomes too melancholy, I’ll put you in my shoes and let you decide for yourself. The process for applying to the Peace Corps took several months. Once I received final confirmation and booked my ticket, I began the task of putting my life on hold. This is somewhat similar to hitting the brakes on a speeding truck on the highway. You can either jump out and watch as your sudden absence causes a major accident (sure they will clean it up and life will go one; but people will be pissed) or you can put your entire weight on the brakes and hope that everything will be okay.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I’ve spent the last few weeks doing some of the more tedious but nonetheless important stuff. Writing resignation letters, returning issued gear and even canceling my gym membership. I have yet to figure out what I’m going to do about my phone. I have already gone snowboarding, dressed up for Halloween, eaten a Thanksgiving dinner and visited William and Mary for the last time. However the hardest tasks I’ve found are the ones involving people. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">When it comes to my close friends and family, ones who’s faces are ingrained in my memory and my actions through countless hours of doing absolutely nothing, it’s a bit more difficult. A month ago I promised myself that I would spend as much time as I could visiting them and with all that exposure I was sure not to miss them. Now that I have twenty-four days left to go I sadly realize that I have already said some of my last goodbyes. Without knowing it I have put on hold connections with people who have in one way or another made me who I am today. Often when I’m not busy my mind will float away back to memories of good times and come crashing down with the burden of their loss. I have scrambled to stretch every last day and prayed for the second hand on the clock to move just a bit slower but I suppose the steady march of time is an inevitability of life. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">My parents and family, who have always been a life line and safe harbor, are probably going to be my most monumental loss. Seeing my mother’s face and knowing that my departure date is around the corner stops me every time. </div><div class="MsoNormal"> At first all these realizations shocked me but it has slowly turned into a grim but solid acceptance and a measured look towards the future. Things will change but with my lasts will slowly come my firsts. I will make new friends (not to replace but rather add), start new work and have a hundred new and fantastic experiences. I hope to learn how to play a Nicaraguan guitar, climb some volcanoes and swim at beaches that are only known by locals. I find solace in these facts and the thought that after this great adventure, I will return. Places will be different and people will change. I can bitterly come to terms with that. I hope through the process of hitting the brakes rather than bailing from the truck, I will have saved more than a few of those relationships.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Anyways I promise that future posts will be more upbeat and exciting. In the mean time I’m not sure how much access I will have to the internet when I’m abroad but for now the best way to get in touch with me then is through my email: nish.kishore@gmail.com.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cheers</div>Nishant Kishorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764974738324717590noreply@blogger.com0