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    • Brokopondo Lake Sunset

    • Brokopondo Lake Sunset

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo while crossing the man-made Brokopondo Lake in Suriname in a motorized dug-out canoe on January 28, 2009. I was traveling with the local Boslanti drum band, Jung Djote Bala, to a performance for a burial ceremony. The lake was...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Camel Caravan to Chinguetti

    • Camel Caravan to Chinguetti

    • Transportation; Host community friends; Terrain; Animals;

    • This photo was taken during a camel caravan that I was on, along with a group of teachers working in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. The trip was by train, taxi and truck, and finally by camel from Nouadhibou to Chinguetti and back.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Catknapp at Rest - Sandy Beach, Ha'apai Tonga

    • Catknapp at Rest - Sandy Beach, Ha'apai Tonga

    • Terrain; Pre-service training (PST)

    • I took this photo while in training in Ha'apai Tonga. This was taken in Nov 2010 at is what is widely proclaimed as one the most beautiful beaches in Tonga. It is on the northern tip of Foa Island at Sandy Beach Resort. I became acquainted with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Desert Trek

    • Desert Trek

    • Animals; Counterparts; Terrain

    • I had the opportunity to take a camel trek in the Sahara Desert during my Peace Corps service in Morocco. Here, I am joined by my teaching colleague and friend, and other friends during the camel trek in the spring of 2007. I never knew there were...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dungan Mosque

    • Dungan Mosque

    • Religion; Weather; Terrain

    • The Dungan Mosque in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan, built in the 1920s and still operating. Taken from my apartment window during a blizzard, winter 2007.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • El Paisnal, El Salvador

    • El Paisnal, El Salvador

    • Host community friends; Work; Youth development; Terrain

    • This photo was taken atop a hill my students climbed as part of a teambuilding workshop. We held on to one another as we climbed "Cerro Chino" for nearly nearly 2 hours.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fishing at Dusk

    • Fishing at Dusk

    • Peace Corps Response (Crisis Corps); terrain

    • While visiting a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer in Laoang, Philippines, we take a break to relax on its white sandy beaches. In the distance a local fisherman quietly pushes along his boat in the evening twilight. It is May 14, 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fogo Volcano at Sunset

    • Fogo Volcano at Sunset

    • Terrain; Environment

    • The volcano on the island of Fogo is sometimes visible from Santiago. These are two islands in Cape Verde. Because Cape Verde is normally quite dry, there is alot of dust in the air, and the sunsets can be quite spectacular.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Fork in the Mtkvari

    • Fork in the Mtkvari

    • Terrain

    • This is the view from Jvari, a 6th century monastery near Tbilisi, Georgia. From a hilltop, it overlooks the conjunction of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers, and you can see the smattering of low buildings on the right, which is the ancient town of...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gaining Perspective

    • Gaining Perspective

    • Terrain

    • In this picture I am overlooking my Sierra/mountain community in Peru. I would climb up to the Cerro Miramar (Mountain Looking out to the ocean) typically at a bi-weekly rate to gain perspective of my work, see the outer perimeter of my district...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Gara Gum Desert

    • Gara Gum Desert

    • Children; Host families; Terrain

    • This is a picture taken of my host family on the edge of the Gara Gum desert in Bolshevik, Turkmenistan. The family took me out to see the desert and we played soccer on the dunes.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Giant Hibiscus

    • Giant Hibiscus

    • Terrain

    • I took this photo to share with another Volunteer, who had told me her nickname is Hibiscus. The photo was taken in Tonga in November of 2010, in the front of the post office and a few other government buildings. The hibiscus provides not only...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Girls Carrying Water on Heads

    • Girls Carrying Water on Heads

    • Water and sanitation; Terrain

    • Photograph was taken at the Avenue of Baobabs. Girls are carrying water on their heads to take back to their village. The picture was taken near Morandava, Madagascar in 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Guinean Flag on the Beach

    • Guinean Flag on the Beach

    • Terrain

    • Thiis photo was taken the day we swore in as Peace Corps Volunteers. Peace Corps Guinea Volunteers frequented the beach bar which sat in the sand overlooking the islands, and was surrounded by avid soccer players and lots of children. This...
    • Volunteer Photos

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