Okay, I'm Alive...

Alright, so I'm alive! I'm finally done with training and am officially a Peace Corps volunteer. I'll have to back track my adventures another post, but I can sum up my experience, by just telling you, "it's been an amazing 3 months." I know that doesn't give you folks back home much to work with, but I want to break the silence and start writing again, but catch up just isn't my game this time around.

Where am I now???

I now call home, the island of Vava'u. I'm living in Talau, which is the residential area of Neiafu (the main city in Vava'u).









Yeah, that's the view only about 20 meters from my house... Peace Corps was such a good idea!

What am I going to be doing?

Well, you might already know that I came here to teach English and to work on environmental education. I now know more specifically that I'll be working at the Vava'u side school, which is a charter school that is taught in all English, as opposed to having English classes part of the day. There are also some great opportunities to help out with the recycling initiative here in Vava'u. I'm also interested in working with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which will give me an opportunity to work with humpback whales. The project I am thinking about most is to try and build a ropes course here in Vava'u. I could explain more about what a ropes course is or you could Google it??? Life here in Tonga will definitely be busy.

I'm gonna sign off for now and I promise I'll play the catch up game soon and get some pictures of all the amazing things I'm experiencing here in Tonga.

For now... Toki Sio!

James