Review: Douglas Wells’ In Search of the Elusive Peace Corps Moment – Destination: Estonia

VINCENT TEETSOV

In many a young person’s journey, there is a time, even if only fleeting, when one imagines travelling around the world and getting to know the planet we live on. This is made more enticing by the prospect of earning some money, or the ability to make a positive change in our troubled world.

A year into university, I contemplated a few options for once I graduated: joining Maersk Line as a Deck Cadet, starting a rock band in Berlin, teaching English in China, or joining the Peace Corps operated by the United States government. I had a few applications lined up and ready to send, and had considered Paraguay as the place I would go, should I be accepted into the latter.

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Douglas Wells in Kärdla, 2003.

Photo: Mart Mõniste