Tag Archives: Peace Corps

Dark Star Safari: Wet-feedings and hunger porn

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

Paul Theroux does not admire foreign aid workers or the work they do.  The first 200 pages of Dark Star Safari contain several accounts of rude, obnoxious, self-important aid workers, often depicted as roaring through blighted communities in expensive Land … Continue reading →

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Celebrating in Tonga

Posted on August 13, 2008 by

I lived on an outer island in the Kingdon of Tonga for two years while in the Peace Corps.  Here is a clip I took of the villagers celebrating the opening of a newly built school house.  The Tongan women … Continue reading →

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