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in the land of dragons

 melanie aleman ― http://inthelandofdragons.com

Blog about travel and living abroad in Indonesia as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English in a Islamic high school.

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Teacher Problems, #12

Teacher Problems, #12

in the land of dragons

Tags: Bondowoso, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People, Teaching

melanie aleman ― 3 days ago

Teacher Problems, #11

Teacher Problems, #11

in the land of dragons

Tags: Bondowoso, Culture, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People

melanie aleman ― 4 days ago

Gili Trawangan in 5 Photos

Gili Trawangan in 5 Photos

in the land of dragons ― A glimpse of a journey too amazing to justly capture through photographs. (For future travelers: Gili T was a great place to chill on the beach -due in large part to Karma Kayak - and to eat good food, but more pristine and desolate islands ...

Tags: Indonesia, Lombok, People, Photography, Travel, Baby Turtles

melanie aleman ― 5 days ago

Climbing Kawah Ijen

Climbing Kawah Ijen

in the land of dragons ― I never thought I’d do this, I think amusedly to myself as I climb down a mountain at two in the morning with nothing but moonlight to brighten the darkness. I’m not thinking of scary movies, I keep on thinking, I’m not gonna get...

Tags: Bondowoso, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People, Photography

melanie aleman ― 2 weeks 3 days ago

Educating Boys and Empowering Women

in the land of dragons ― In light of some other incidents that have happened this week with PCV female friends*, I took the following pretty hard. Today was the last day of teaching in one of my favorite classes. This class is full of boys in 11th grade—43 of them ...

Tags: Bondowoso, Daily Life, Peace Corps, People, Boys, Disrespect

melanie aleman ― 2 weeks 5 days ago

Teacher Problems, #10

Teacher Problems, #10

in the land of dragons

Tags: Bondowoso, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People, Teaching

melanie aleman ― 3 weeks 2 days ago

Jakarta in 5 Photos

Jakarta in 5 Photos

in the land of dragons

Tags: Culture, Daily Life, Indonesia, Jakarta, Peace Corps, People

melanie aleman ― 3 weeks 5 days ago

Sunday Mornings

Sunday Mornings

in the land of dragons ― In theory, Sunday mornings are the one time I get to sleep in and enjoy “the weekend.” That’s a nice dream, but the reality, is that my sleep often gets interrupted by the chatter and laughter of men gathering outside my window ...

Tags: Bondowoso, Culture, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People

melanie aleman ― 4 weeks 2 days ago

Teacher Problems, #9

Teacher Problems, #9

in the land of dragons ― Back in the day, teachers may have received apples from students. In Indonesia, entire classes of students celebrate certain events (such as getting through reciting the entire Al Qur’an) by giving all teachers food boxes. This is a common...

Tags: Bondowoso, Culture, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People

melanie aleman ― 4 weeks 4 days ago

One Year in Peace Corps Indonesia: Things I’ve Learned

One Year in Peace Corps Indonesia: Things I’ve Learned

in the land of dragons ― My last blog post was primarily about exchanging time for money (i.e. jobs), or in my case as a PCV, exchanging time for experiences. However, there’s another element to this thought and that is how time is best spent. I’m generally...

Tags: Bondowoso, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People, Travel

melanie aleman ― 7 weeks 3 days ago

Being A PCV in Indonesia is a Great Job

in the land of dragons ― When it comes down to it, any job is the exchange of your precious finite time for a certain amount of money. Lucky are those who get paid well for their time, and especially those who enjoy what they are doing. I believe that for any job worth...

Tags: Bondowoso, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People, Teaching

melanie aleman ― 7 weeks 6 days ago

Yogyakarta in 12 Photos

Yogyakarta in 12 Photos

in the land of dragons

Tags: Culture, Daily Life, Indonesia, Peace Corps, People, Photography

melanie aleman ― 8 weeks 1 day ago

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