Read any good adventures lately?

   

Guyana, 2012            photo by Kristen Hare

    For many of us who experienced the Peace Corps, life for two years was a daily adventure. Sometimes they were amazing ones, like meeting the person you'll end up marrying. Sometimes they involved rats, snakes and opossums. Sometimes, they were just moments that opened up a new sense of how people live and work and make it. And sometimes, there were errant nipples. I loved my adventures, even the ones I didn't love at the time. And now that those adventures involve deadlines, potty-training and getting used to all the paperwork that comes with kindergarten, (no body warned me!) I also love reading about other people's adventures.
     If you do, too, then you'll enjoy the following:

Peace Corps Worldwide is the long-time home of Peace Corps writers such as John Coyne, and also a place to hear about and read reviews of new Peace Corps books. The site is packed with stories, but I'm especially enjoying the occasional Shriver Stories, which share memories volunteers have about Sargent Shriver, the Peace Corps' founding director.

Join Chase is a beautifully-designed blog by a former Guyana volunteer who is now biking, eating and teaching his way through Korea. Stories of his rides are vivid, his photography transporting, and on his Facebook page, his teaching moments feel clever and authentic.

The Minority Peace Corps Association does a nice job sharing stories from volunteers of color, and these stories often reflect right back on our own culture and the reach it has in shaping the experiences of volunteers.

     OK, your turn. Where do you read about great adventures?