1 Month

One month from right now I'll be somewhere between LA and Tokyo--fancy, right? (Not a big Iggy Azalea fan, but it makes for a good reference).  I got the email about the international flight yesterday and called to book the domestic one this morning.  Below is my itinerary for next month and at the bottom are some FAQs that I've been getting. 

Delta Flight #2628

Depart Huntsville on July 3^rd @ 11:25 CDST (July 3^rd @ 11:25 a.m. CDST)

0:59 in Transit

Arrive in Atlanta on July 3^rd @ 13:24 EDST (July 3^rd @ 12:24 p.m. CDST)

1:36 Layover in Atlanta

Delta Flight #370

Depart Atlanta on July 3^rd @ 15:00 EDST (July 3^rd @ 2:00 p.m. CDST)

4:45 in Transit

Arrive in Los Angeles on July 3^rd @ 16:45 PDST (July 3^rd @ 6:45 p.m. CDST)

In Los Angeles for Nights of July 3^rd and 4^th

Delta Flight #283

Depart Los Angeles on July 5^th @ 13:45 PDST (July 5^th @ 3:45 p.m. CDST)

11:00 in Transit

Arrive in Tokyo on July 6^th @ 16:45 JST (July 6^th @ 2:45 a.m. CDST)

1:40 layover in Tokyo

Delta Flight #473

Depart Tokyo on July 6^th @ 18:25 JST (July 6^th @ 4:25 a.m. CDST)

4:20 in Transit

Arrive in Manila on July 6^th @ 21:45 PHT (July 6^th @ 8:45 a.m. CDST)

FAQ:

• Have you ever been to the Philippines? Asia?
• I've been to Asia once and that was to India during January of 2013.  Never been anywhere else in Asia.
• Do you get paid?
• Yes.  I get paid about $180 a month.  That's a wage of a modest living in the Philippines.  
• There is also a percentage of my student loans that get paid, and there is a lump sum received upon reentry.
• How did you get interested in the Peace Corps?
• It first hit my radar during high school as a means to see a different part of the world.  Now I think of it as my productive time off from school.
• What are you doing when you get back?
• Most likely, graduate school.
• What are you doing "over there?"
• Working in the Coastal Resource Management program.  I know no more than that, and I won't until training.  From what I hear there is a lot of work with fisheries. 
• Do you have to learn the language?
• Yes, I will be/am learning Tagalog.  

Have a question? Send it to me!  

-Joe