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A travel blog entry by lizchait

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With the New Year rolling in, I've decided on a few New Year's Resolutions that I hope to achieve.

One being that I no longer will be using the internet as much aka signing onto so many blogs and websites.

Aside from family and relatives, I won't be sending people my blog entries unless you ...

Why Airports Suck

A travel blog entry by lizchait

I'm finally on my way back home to America for a nice 2 week vacation.

This morning, my counterpart drove me to the airport and sent me off to Madrid ( I have to spend an night in Madrid because there are no direct flights from Morocco to California ).

This blog is primarily my absolute disgust at the Moroccan security staff at the airport.

First, checking in my baggage took FOREVER. The ladies were ...

The 411 on Moroccan Harassment in my site

A travel blog entry by lizchait

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...at least in the eyes of an Asian-American volunteer.

Our Peace Corps Country Director sends us weekly e-mails where she'll discuss recent news, important information we need to know, etc etc etc. In a recent e-mail, this was submitted:

Scenario:

After a moment you feel a few hard objects hit your legs and notice several small pebbles bounce off your backpack. You realize that the children are throwing pebbles at you.

Please select the ...

MSM

A travel blog entry by lizchait

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MSM-Mid Service Medicals. (Entry is a bit graphic)

Every Peace Corps volunteer has to complete their mid-service medical which basically is a dental and physical check-up.

Results?

No cavities after a year of drinking tea soaked in cubes of sugar and eating loads of bread and sweets.

However, my physical check-up results is a completely different story. During my physical, I had to submit a ...

Rain, Cold, Blah.

A travel blog entry by lizchait

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I finally will admit how lazy I've become with the past few blogs. I apologize.

To be quite honest, blogging has never been a huge passion of mine. But, with the recent storms and rainfalls I've had to suck up and not whine about, I figure this is the perfect time for me to tell you what has been happening since I've last checked in.

For the past few days it has been raining, scratch that, pouring. Yesterday, I dropped off my new sitemate to ...