After 5 days in a 5-star hotel, Danny is excited to finally meet his training host family who will help him integrate into life in Kyrgyzstan and full immersion into the language. In additional to living with a non-english speaking family, Danny will be attending daily language classes. He and his fellow PCV (PC volunteer(s)) will have eleven weeks to prepare and pass the intermediate language test in order to move forward with service.
CHATKUL - Danny & 4 PCV (another guy and 3 girls) are assigned to the same village. Chatkul is a population of about 3,000 and approximately an hour drive on bumpy roads from Bishkek. While Chatkul is flat & mainly agricultural, Danny can see the mountains in a distant.
MOM & DAD - Danny's training parents are ages 65 & 60, retired, with 2 adult daughters and 2 elementary school grandchildren. None of them speak English. His Kyrgyz 'father' reminds Danny of 'gong gong' (Grandpa Chan) in physical appearance & the way he laughs. His Kyrgyz 'mom' is a great cook, making sure Danny is well feed. On his first night, he ate 2 dinner at home and one at another PCV's home.
LAUNDRY TIME! Unlike our modern day automatic washing machine, Danny is using a vintage 'washing machine' and must manually pour water into barrel. His 'dryer' is hanging clothes on the outside clothesline.
SIM CARD - Danny is able to purchase a sim card for $2.00 but has no idea how much data, minutes, etc he has. Instruction and information are all in Russian so his 2 Kyrgyz dictionaries are not much help.
SIM CARD - Danny is able to purchase a sim card for $2.00 but has no idea how much data, minutes, etc he has. Instruction and information are all in Russian so his 2 Kyrgyz dictionaries are not much help.
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