Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2018-005
Malcolm Odell, Jr., served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1962 to 1967. Odell was in the first group of volunteers to serve in that country (Nepal I). In the interview, he discusses his various posts teaching in remote villages and his close friendships with Sherpas and other Nepalese. He tells many stories of his adventures in Nepal, India, and other countries. These include traveling around the world between Peace Corps tours with another volunteer to learn about successful educational approaches, meeting the Dalai Lama, and hitchhiking from Nepal to Turkey with a friend at the end of his service. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, 10 January 2018. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).