Well I've made my flight reservations, received my reporting documents and packed for the fourth time. Staging is in D.C. this time around at a hotel in the Georgetown area. Here's a look at what my schedule will be like:
Tuesday, August 18th
7:10am Depart Lexington Airport
10:20am Arrive Washington National Airport
1:30pm Registration begins at the Holiday Inn Georgetown Hotel
3:30-7:00pm Training (History of PC, Managing Risk, Anxieties, Commitment, Logistics)
Wednesday, August 19th
8:00am Check out of hotel
8:30am Bus arrives for loading and departure to clinic
5:40pm Plane departs for Namibia (17 hours nonstop to Johannesburg, South Africa)
Thursday, August 20th
5:20pm Arrive Johannesburg, South Africa (ummm...are we there yet?)
Friday, August 21st
9:45am Plane departs Johannesburg for Windhoek, Namibia
10:45am Arrive Windhoek, Namibia (FINALLY!)
PS. The Mauritanian elections were held today with the polls closing around 7pm local time. The vote began Saturday after police in Nouakchott exchanged fire overnight with two alleged members of an al-Qaida-linked terror cell that claimed responsibility for gunning down an American teacher here last month. To all those PCV's that chose to stay.....please be safe.
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hey amy!
ReplyDeletei found your blog on peacecorpsjournals.com and i will be serving in namibia along with you! i was reading about your placement experience so far and you've been through it. i looked up stories about the mauritanian elections and can't help but hope that all of those individuals are safe.
anyway, i'll be an english teacher as well. one month to go! good luck with packing and i look forward to meeting you!
you can e-mail me @ jtheib@gmail.com & my blog is jetnamibia.tumblr.com.
cheers, julie