ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 5 Comment(s) | 4 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=94183] | 2006-10-10 11:00:02
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ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond
I was born in Palos Verdes, CA in 1982. I grew up in Gig Harbor, WA, where I graduated from Gig Harbor High School in 2001. I graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematical sciences in 2005. I worked for a month and a half as an intern at Metagenics in Gig Harbor, WA, before departing for Peace Corps service in July, 2005. I am currently a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Mauritania, West Africa. I specialize in Information and communication technology, as a subset of small business development in a city called Atar, with about 25,000 citizens. I will complete Peace Corps Service in August or September of 2007.
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Joined on: January 23rd 2006
Last Login: April 26th 2007
Blog Entries: 10
Photos: 23
Last Login: April 26th 2007
Blog Entries: 10
Photos: 23
Status: BLOGGER
Blogs & Travel Journals
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I live right next to the premier tourist destination of Mauritania, Chinguetti. As you can imagine, this is not quite like Disneyland, but it is enough to draw a few “eco” tourists from all over to the world. Until the last week, I never took full advantage of my location, and I’m very glad I finally took some time to see what’s to be seen in the Adrar, Mauritania. A group of old friends from my training class and sector (Small Business) were coming up through Atar to tour Chinguetti to do a camel trek, and I decided to go with [View Full Entry]
After another month, I am over half way done with my service! It is fitting that my birthday is a few days after the day I became a volunteer, because being a volunteer has had such an effect on my me, that marking the completion of my first year of services seems every bit as important as marking the 24th year of my life. The previous month has seemed a bit longer than normal. Even though there were positive things that happened, I felt like they were points of light in a general darkness. The past month I’ve felt like [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 1 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=91520] | 2006-09-27 20:54:02
Using computers to plot a line
A common scene at the conference, me instructing. Here I'm teaching how one can use a computer to plot a simple line.
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=84382] | 2006-08-25 20:12:26
Hello, folks. It’s been some time since my last post, so I wanted to let you all know that I’m still here. I am still giving lessons, still working out computer problems, and still getting out into the community. I am, though, I must admit, a bit winded. As some of you know, my computer was stolen from my house while I was sleeping on my roof. It was stolen around 3 weeks ago. The thieves broke the lock on my door, came in, took only the laptop in its case, and left without waking me up. The machine was [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=68757] | 2006-06-23 18:07:53
Hello, folks. It’s been a long time since I posted a blog, and I’m sorry about that. As I mentioned in my first blog, I intend to post every two weeks, but our internet access has been interrupted, so I wasn’t able to post in the last cycle. Thanks to all of you for being patient, and thanks to all of you who reminded me to put up a blog by email, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to read email, either. When I post blogs, I usually try to write about important events because I think they are more [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 1 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=57061] | 2006-05-04 13:56:30
Many of you have heard of the idea of a French alliance. There is probably one in every major city in the US. The idea is that people in other countries can learn the culture of the French, and thus the French culture will spread and stay alive. We have one such center here in Atar, and it is terrific. The center offers all kind of resources, centering on language training. For the equivalent of about $14, anyone in Atar can take a 2 month long course in French, with a heavy emphasis on practical applications. I have been taking [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=46241] | 2006-03-13 13:00:56
Well, sportsfans, the Mauritanian Peace Corps Volunteers, also known as the RIM Pirates, have won the West African Softball Invitational (WAIST), held in Dakar, Senegal. Last Friday, at 6:00 AM, I and most of Peace Corps Mauritania loaded onto a bus and rolled out of Nouakchott, the capitol of Mauritania, for Dakar, Senegal. It took us 16 hours to get there, when it should have taken 10, but after 6 flats, a river crossing, and getting lost in two cities, we arrived at our destination in Dakar. Our lodging in Dakar was a club for Americans living in Dakar, called the [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 3 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=43275] | 2006-02-26 20:40:58
A kid named Muhammad Ould Brahim has been hanging around me of late, and against my better judgment, I have let him. In Mauritania, children are raised much differently than in the states. It is not seemly for a child in Mauritania to address an adult, and adults who encourage this by responding to them are encouraging bad behavior. However, Muhammad has a history of seeing me on the street, giving useful advice, and not asking for any money in return, which is a particularly endearing quality to me these days. One day I was hanging out with a friend [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 4 Comment(s) | 3 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=40511] | 2006-02-22 12:25:05
Upon returning to my site in Atar after a 2 week stay in Nouakchott for Christmas and training, I was thrilled to get into my new house. I got a tour of the place, complete with its neat little rooms, real toilet and shower, and AC, and was told to wait for the patron to return before I could move in. Finally, after a week, she did. I took my good friend Mustapha with me to see the patron, in case she tried to pull any tricks and raise the price. Mustapha is a very helpful fellow, because he is [View Full Entry]
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 4 Comment(s) | 2 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=38270] | 2006-01-29 19:33:15
me, Alexis, and Louis in Terjit
Grating carrots for the party of tebaski in Alexis'es more rustic site of Terjit.
ti2ger - Tyler Cummings-Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 1 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=38267] | 2006-01-29 19:21:43