Lion Tales

How do you pack for 2 years abroad? That's honestly what I've been asking myself over the past 2 months in preparation for serving in Botswana. Do you over pack and hope you'll need something later on or under pack and purchase items there? PC blogs are fairly helpful, but I was only able to find one comprehensive list and the Reddit blogs top suggestion was a vibrator if that puts it into perspective. I decided to record every Item I will be taking and make a comprehensive list. In total this probably is too much and I'll look back on this post cringing at my materialistic self. Brand names noted only when necessary. Many items were purchased through friends and family when I graduated college (Amazon wish lists are amazing people). Osprey Ather 60L backpack 60L Sammamish rowing duffle REI day pack Shoes Brooke's running shoes Chacos Rockport dress shoes Vasque ultradry boots Clothes 2 shorts 2 swim trunks 2 work khakis 1 normal k

https://anchor.fm/thegentleman-exp/episodes/Ep--1---Why-Peace-Corps-e4i0cq This is the first episode in a series about my journey to Botswana Africa to serve in the Peace Corps. In this episode I talk about my motivations for serving and what I hope this podcast turns into over time.

Who         My name is Ben Dulaney and on February 12 th I received an invitation to join the Peace Corps in Botswana. I’m a Biology major with an Anthropology minor from Carroll College. What         While there I will be serving as a Health Capacity Volunteer in an HIV/AIDS clinic. I would tell you more, but I honestly don’t know. When I ask the currently volunteers what I might be doing they just say that it depends. Every site is different and every position unique in it’s own way. This is both slightly terrifying and wonderfully exciting. Where         Botswana Africa! Yeah crazy right. If you have no clue where that is just remember where South Africa is and it’s the country just north. When         Below you can see my timeline of events leading up till now. More officially I will be leaving on July 25 th for Philadelphia. There I will begin staging and leave for Botswana a few days later. Timeline Submitted Application- Nov. 8th 2018 Considered for Botsw