“Please raise your right hand and repeat after me,” Linda Taglialatela, US Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean said. We raised our hands and recited the oath of becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer, thus officially swearing-in and beginning our service as full-fledged volunteers. One at a time, we made our way across the stage [...]
*Knock *Knock The bus veered to the side of the road while the conductor slid the door open. Squeezing past, my host brother Dexter and I climbed out of the bus, which again is really just a large van. Standing on my toes to stretch out my legs, I looked around to find myself on [...]
“Wanna go for a walk?” my host sister, Satera, asked as I ate dinner on the balcony of my homestay. “Sure,” I responded; pleased to have the opportunity to walk around and orient myself with the area. Together we walked down the steep drive to the main road, turned right and began heading up the [...]