Contact Info

A lot of people have been giving me advice regarding contact information, so I thought I’d pass it along – especially for those of you who are parents of fellow Peace Corps Volunteers.

Mail

The address I’ve left on this web site is for the Peace Corps office in Pretoria. I will eventually receive anything sent there, but I’ll get mail faster if it’s sent to me directly in Sibasa. Email me if you’d like that address. I’m a wee bit reluctant to post my real address on the internet.

If you feel inspired to send me a package (and nothing says I haven’t forgotten you like a package) and you are currently in the United States, I’ve been told that a good route to take is the flat rate Global Priority Envelope, which you can fill with bricks, assuming they fit, and send for $9. A larger envelope is $21. A friend of mine who lives in a city received one in a week, so it would probably take longer to get to me.

Telephone

I am available by cell phone, which is the same number I sent out in that mass email a while back. Email me if you need the number. My phone has rung a couple times from the states and been disconnected, but I assure you it will work eventually. My homestay was in the mountains and I got crummy reception, particularly on rainy nights.

I’ve been told that the company to go with on calling cards is called MobileCaller. They have 4 different plans for calling cell phones in South Africa (see the link below). Mobile Clear, has no maintenance or connection fees and rounds to the nearest minute. It says it costs 18.9 cents per minute, but according to Tom it has cost less than half that ($3.60 for 40 minutes, to give you an idea).

http://www.mobilecaller.com/rates.asp?GUID=C8EC67C43DCACE439058A681E1881BBD

Email

You can make comments here which will get to my email account or email me directly. Emailing Christmas JPEGs would make me smile.