Joey Eakins

Hello All. I am back at my site after a very interesting summer. I spent the last two months working in Andringitra National Park. I was teaching the guides and locals English. It was an exciting adventure filled with many interesting stories. I actually taught more there than I do at site which was okay because it made time move a little faster. At the park, my life was considerably different than at site. I didn't have electricity but sometimes the family that I was living with would start up their generator and watch a movie. The highlight of the whole experience was the gorgeous landscape and mountains. I will attach some photos for you all to see. If you want to hear some of the stories I would be happy to email you. Just drop ... read more

Hello everyone, Life is still going great here in Madagascar. I just got back from Vacation. I went to Tulear on the Southwest Coast of Madagascar. It was a great vacation with many unexpected twists and turns. I will be sending out my journal here soon. I thought I would attach some of my photos from my vacation and you will have to wait a little bit to hear the stories. Take care and I appreciate all of your emails and nice comments. Joey... read more

Hello All, It is September 10th. The Peace Corps has set up privacy rules, so I have to say that the things mentioned in this journal are my own personal opinions and are not endorsed by the Peace Corps of the United States of America. With that said I just wanted to write that I am still alive. I start school tomorrow. I am a teacher now. Well, I just wanted to update this journal and say why I haven't been keeping it more up to date. I haven't had the time. On September 22,23,and 24, I hope to add some pictures if at all possible. Drop me an email if you have time. Thanks for reading and I hope to update soon. With a lot of love, Joey... read more

Hey everyone. I am in Mada now. I won't have time to update my blog until I am actuall at site which will be 2 months. I just sent everyone an email with an attachment. I hope it opens and that you enjoy. Until next time I love you all and see you soon(well not soon, but someday). Here is my address: Joey Eakins Peace Corps Madagascar BP 12091 Poste Zoom Ankorondrana (101 Tana) Madagascar Send everything in envelopes. Thanks, Joey... read more

Me and my friend Doug are off to another Pearl Jam concert. This will be my 11 time seeing them I think. We left around 1:20:07am----Destination: United Center. It is a long but well worth it drive to see the best live band(IMO). I was not very bright the night before because I got like zero sleep. This meant that I was up a very long time and all of my days were so screwed up after the show. Okay back to the ride: It sucked. We got lost a little in St. Louis, but I think we gained time. We made it up to Naperville, IL. His aunt lives there and she was so kind. She made us breakfast and opened her house up like it was our own. Doug decided to take a little ... read more

This was a continuation of my Paris trip. Me and Serena took a flight from Paris to Torino. Torino is where she goes to university. We had a reunion of first and second semester people from Latvia. People that were at the reunion: Adam, Me, Serena, Stefania, Lena, Anne, Hoimar, Marina, Andrea, and Christoph. The 2006 Winter Games were going on while we were there. The city had been transformed since the last time that I visited. We basically hung out and ate, drank and told stories from Latvia. It was a wonderful reunion. Here are some photos.... read more