This is going to be short.....pressed for time. John and I are back from our trip to Taviuni Island for the Reef Monitoring workshop we participated in. We had a great time with Grace, Rachel, Natalie, Nic and the local volunteers. In total we spent four days in the water practicing various reef monitoring techniques. We spent an additional day at Nic's village checking out the village-based tourism project he working on. We jumped off of a 50 ft waterfall. In fact, I was the first FRE-6 Peace Corps volunteer to take the plunge :) I still hurt from the jump. I am pretty sure Natalie will never be the same. Expect pictures and maybe even a video soon.
The big news is that we are moving to a new site. I will not go into the details of why; it is a long story. The village we are moving to is in the same province we are in now so our address will remain the same. We are still Ra Volunteers. We expect to move by the end of the month. We are excited for the move to the new village but plan to still work with our original communities until our commitments are fulfilled. John plans to complete a compost piggery for his previous village and I will complete my two water projects in the settlements.
Friday, February 13, 2009
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Hey! I have lots of questions! What was the reef monitoring workshop all about? I might be looking for help soon to monitor our MPA. When are you moving? I hope it goes well. What are you two up to? John's really getting a compost piggery going? Let me know how that goes over. Do you think using dried and pounded coconut husks would work instead of sawdust? What are your water projects? I should just write y'all an e-mail.
I'm headed to Taveuni in March. Any other plans to come on up here??
taylar
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