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Sam Tranum, joining the Peace Corps, was sent to Turkmenistan to work with Red Crescent (the Red Cross in Muslim countries) in 2005. He worked primarily in Abadan, now a part of Ashbabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. Later he spent time in a rural village.
I have read several Peace Corps memoirs for an Around-the-world reading challenge, and found Tranum's book to be one of the better ones. He had this tendency to get into trouble a lot with the police because he wouldn't follow the rules. Every ...more
I have read several Peace Corps memoirs for an Around-the-world reading challenge, and found Tranum's book to be one of the better ones. He had this tendency to get into trouble a lot with the police because he wouldn't follow the rules. Every ...more
