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Packing for Jamaica was an incredibly nerve-wracking experience. And then we show up at staging in Miami and Peace Corps pretty much tells everyone that we got it all wrong. Two words: Business Casual! All the time! Which led many of us to the question of why the packing list they sent us was so vague. So in an attempt to save the new group some of this grief we have created this forum for sharing some of our recommendations about what would be useful to bring to Peace Corps Jamaica. It's also just for fun! You know the saying - if I only knew then what I know now.
Later,
Kaelyn
posted by Shane and Kaelyn @ 3:26 PM
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Thank you choosing to volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps!
A link to your online journal of life in Jamaica has recently been added to:
http://www.PeaceCorpsJournals.com/
Features:
1. Contains over 1,300 journals and blogs from Peace Corps Volunteers serving around the world.
2. Each country has its own detailed site that can directly linked to, and which are easily accessible with a possible slow Internet connection within the field.
3. Detailed map for every country that becomes interactive, via Google, once clicked on.
4. Detailed information for each country is available through following one of four links at the bottom of each map.
5. The sponsor is someone who cares about volunteers' health.
6. The main page is user-friendly. There are regional-specific pull-down menus to select your country of choice.
7. Clicking on the actual word of the region brings to an encyclopedia article on that region.
8. Links to Graduate Schools and RPCVs Regional Associations.
9. A list of the entire staff of Peace Corps worldwide, with contact information, is available on every country-specific page.
10. There is an e-mail link on every page. If you want to add a Journal, spotted a dead link, or have a comment.
Enjoy your time in Jamaica!
-Mike Sheppard
RPCV / The Gambia
http://www.PeaceCorpsJournals.com/
Thanks for this blog, guys! My husband and I are headed to somewhere in the Caribbean this July and we have started scouring the internet for good information.
Thanks again and take care!
~Jesse Hunter
I'm glad that our blog was helpful. Have a great experience in the Caribbean!
-Shane
PS - If you get a chance to try jackruit while down there, you should because it's seasonal and can be hard to find.
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