Reading: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A minor hiccup in my Peace Corps service: I received a site change due to issues with project availability and security reasons. It certainly was not an easy decision to come to after having spent a year in Chimbo and investing so much of myself there.
However, my new site, Paccha, seems to be a more fitting location for me and more feasible as a community to work with Peace Corps. I will be continuing the work of a PCV from an omnibus before me… but more on that after I have been here for longer than two weeks and I have a chance to really delve into things.
Paccha is located down in the southeastern part of Ecuador in the province of El Oro. It is nestled right in the foothills of the Andes in a region heavily influenced by a recent surge in gold mining. Consequently, there is quite a bit of new money pouring into the area, leaving the small farmer to struggle against a rapidly increasing cost of living and cost of labor.
The flip side is that Paccha, although only 1500 in population, has many more conveniences than I am used to in Ecuador – my new house, aside from being bat free, has a full size kitchen, finished wood floors, tile in both the bathroom and the kitchen, a flushing toilet, internet, and a stunning view of the cloud forest. Posh Corps really does not get better than that.
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However, my new site, Paccha, seems to be a more fitting location for me and more feasible as a community to work with Peace Corps. I will be continuing the work of a PCV from an omnibus before me… but more on that after I have been here for longer than two weeks and I have a chance to really delve into things.
Paccha is located down in the southeastern part of Ecuador in the province of El Oro. It is nestled right in the foothills of the Andes in a region heavily influenced by a recent surge in gold mining. Consequently, there is quite a bit of new money pouring into the area, leaving the small farmer to struggle against a rapidly increasing cost of living and cost of labor.
The flip side is that Paccha, although only 1500 in population, has many more conveniences than I am used to in Ecuador – my new house, aside from being bat free, has a full size kitchen, finished wood floors, tile in both the bathroom and the kitchen, a flushing toilet, internet, and a stunning view of the cloud forest. Posh Corps really does not get better than that.
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