Mexican in Mozambique

This is a beautiful place. The place is hard as hell.  I have been doing a good job. I can continue doing a good job. I have deep respect for anyone who even attempted PC. That’s a beautiful smile.  I live in a mud hut.  I only eat rice.  Damn its hot outside. Slowly, Slowly things will get done. Relax. Take a breath. Everything is going to be alright (to the tune of Bob Marley). - Justin Wellins, The Gambia  "I only eat rice," LMAO! We talked about some frustrations with the Peace Corps and also our goals for during and after.  I acknowledged that many of the questions I came in with about how to best solve sustainable development problems have not yet been fully answered.  But I also realized that I now much more deeply understand the complexities of these problems, which I believe will help me continue working to solve them in the future. - Lila Holzman, Panama

Typical to Mozambican conversations, I will start this entry by talking about the weather- o calor ja volto , the heat is back. It’s been warming up recently and the days are hitting a high of 80 degrees. The heat that once made 70 degrees feel chilly in comparison is on its way back and I am bracing myself for it ….  I was walking home yesterday and sweating in a way that I haven’t felt since last December, possibly, and I though, “this is only the beginning!” Like I’ve said before, I don’t know why but 80 degrees in Mozambique feels HOTTER than 80 degrees in any other place I’ve ever been. After all, as a long time resident of Southern Cali I am no stranger to heat. There’s something about this heat though… the African sun is strong and unrelenting. In retrospect, I won’t complain too much… as a volunteer in the central province of Manica, I live in one of the coolest and more temperate locations in Mozambique. Although it does get hot, the northerners and southerners endure muc...