Nobody knows where Turkmenistan is, and few know what Peace Corps is and what we do, so for the past two weeks on our vacation, Alice and I have had to explain this over and over again to every single person we meet.
Locals usually just nod their head and give us a funny look, but other westerners have had much more interesting reactions.
I started noting the ones I liked best:
"PEACE CORPS???? What, are you like putting up white flags all over the place or something?"
"What the HELL is that?"
"What? Is that even a real place?"
"Peace Corps? So is there like a war going on or something?"
"Alice and Angela...you two are like a bloody pair of batteries, aren't ya?"
"So...like part of Afghanistan?"
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All I can say is "Gawd!"
What was with the batteries comment? I don't get it.
You seem to be having a lot more fun than the other T-16's who went to the All-Vol in Ashgabat.
See what a fellow PCV had to say here:
http://tinyurl.com/62v5kz
HAHAHAHA
Alice and Alice- Double A
Actually All-Vol was a lot of fun! But vacation afterward was definitely a blast :)
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