May 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Kyrgyzstan: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Personal Web Site: PCV Liz Paul says: When the revolution began here in late March, Peace Corps consolidated all its volunteers at predetermined meeting places. I lived with four other volunteers in one of their apartments for five days with nothing to do but speculate as to the future of the revolution and our own Peace Corps service as we waited for word of freedom or evacuation from HQ.

Peace Corps Online: Directory: Kyrgyzstan: Peace Corps Kyrgyzstan : The Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan: May 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Kyrgyzstan: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Personal Web Site: PCV Liz Paul says: When the revolution began here in late March, Peace Corps consolidated all its volunteers at predetermined meeting places. I lived with four other volunteers in one of their apartments for five days with nothing to do but speculate as to the future of the revolution and our own Peace Corps service as we waited for word of freedom or evacuation from HQ.

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PCV Liz Paul says: When the revolution began here in late March, Peace Corps consolidated all its volunteers at predetermined meeting places. I lived with four other volunteers in one of their apartments for five days with nothing to do but speculate as to the future of the revolution and our own Peace Corps service as we waited for word of freedom or evacuation from HQ.

PCV Liz Paul says: When the revolution began here in late March, Peace Corps consolidated all its volunteers at predetermined meeting places. I lived with four other volunteers in one of their apartments for five days with nothing to do but speculate as to the future of the revolution and our own Peace Corps service as we waited for word of freedom or evacuation from HQ.

PCV Liz Paul says: When the revolution began here in late March, Peace Corps consolidated all its volunteers at predetermined meeting places. I lived with four other volunteers in one of their apartments for five days with nothing to do but speculate as to the future of the revolution and our own Peace Corps service as we waited for word of freedom or evacuation from HQ.

Consolidation and Transition

When the revolution began here in late March, Peace Corps consolidated all its volunteers at predetermined meeting places. I lived with four other volunteers in one of their apartments for five days with nothing to do but speculate as to the future of the revolution and our own Peace Corps service as we waited for word of freedom or evacuation from HQ.

I'd never request to go on house arrest again, but all in all it wasn't so bad. We had windows through which we could see Spring cajoling nature into refreshed liveliness and we could even open them for fresh air and sounds of the outside world. By the second to last day we started to hit a communal stride culminating in collaborative musical masterpieces: wrenching tales of revolution and consolidation set to the tunes of such classics as "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." What we would have done without a guitar I don't know.

The worst part of consolidation was my dramatic exit from my home and host family. Not knowing when or if I would be back, my host sister and I had a teary embrace, while my host father couldn't understand why I had to suddenly pack my things and move indefinitely into an apartment across the street given the overwhelmingly peaceful proceedings of the revolution.





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