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Unlike the popular man of the Peace Corps image, however, the after-hours life of a Peace Corps-man is not rigidly set in monastic style. Whether mixing only with Venezuelans or seeing other Peace Corps workers, the Rileys found much to do.
"Venezuelans have many more parties than we have here," Ree said. "Everyone, even the adults, is always dancing. At the school where we taught, the teachers would give parties for every possible occasion. They'd have a party to welcome new teachers, a party to say good-bye to old teachers, a party for vacations and a party for every holiday."
"Dating is very expensive, because you have to pay not only for the girl, but for her chaperon as well," Mike said. "In many cases the chaperon turns out to be not just one, but two or three persons. The mother comes and brings two sisters, too."
Unmarried Peace Corps men in the town, however, found that dating native girls was difficult, costly and mainly unfeasible. The problem lay in a well-entrenched system of chaperoning all un-married girls.
This system is such an integral part of the local society that restaurants never set places for just two, Mrs. Riley said. They will always be set in anticipation of three or more people.
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IN THEIR TWO YEARS abroad, Peace Corps workers are given a total of 45 days of leave from their work site. Of these, the Peace Corps encourages that at least 30 be spent traveling within the assigned country, although this is not a rigid rule.
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The Rileys spent their only out-of-the-country leave attending the "greatest Mardi Gras in the world" in nearby Trinidad.
"We would have had only three days there, which was the scheduled vacation time at our school, but the kids just stopped coming three days before that." Ree said. "Vacation schedules there are very flexible."
Although Peace Corps members did give a few parties of their own, they were always well-attended by Venezuelan friends to alleviate the possibility of isolation from their host community. This isolation, however, is a constant danger in the Peace Corps.
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"There are areas where the Peace Corps people do get together too much," Mike said. "I think this is because in many cases they don't know what's expected of them and the Peace Corps hasn't really set any guidelines. Most volunteers, however, can gauge what would be termed time spent among their own people."
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