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Peace Corps Volunteer Ryan Browning in Burkina Faso: Who knew it but it is in Peace Corps where my music collection went from 5GB to 80GB.
"I have 40 straight days of music altogether which is good because I don't like listening to the same song again for about 40 days (on average)."
Peace Corps Volunteer Ryan Browning in Burkina Faso: Who knew it but it is in Peace Corps where my music collection went from 5GB to 80GB.
Here is my big front room (the kitchen is on the other side). I have it hooked up to my laptop and that allows me to play my music and watch movies and TV shows that I have saved on my 80GB external hard drive. Who knew it but it is in Peace Corps where my music collection went from 5GB to 80GB. I have 40 straight days of music altogether which is good because I don't like listening to the same song again for about 40 days (on average).
Here is my "kitchen" more like a corner in my front room. To the right is my $300 water filter (gone are the days of having to have to boil water to make it potable). It is sitting on top of the gas bottle that powers my stove much like the camping variety. Next to that is a green container, that is where I store my water for bathing, drinking, and swimming occassionally. Above that is one of the speakers for my stereo system. On the table next to that is my blender. If it wasn't for that thing I would really be suffereing. Thanks to the blender I've had many a mango smoothie.
Here is my porch. On it is my Peace Corps issued Mountain Bike..which has allowed me to go around 1000km to date. The bucket is full of my dishes which I procrastinate doing..it's just not the same without a sink. The big A-frame is a pull up bar constructed by a local metal worker, and next to that the H-frame which is a dipbar.
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