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This Year in Sierra Leone: August 2008
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This Year in Sierra Leone. Saturday, August 23, 2008. Living in Makeni is kinda like swimming the length of a pool underwater. It’s a fun challenge, but after a while you just gotta come up for air. Itching for a breather, we took a weekend at Sierra Leone’s old faithful: the beach. August is the rainiest month of the rainy season, but we didn’t care. We just wanted out. On arrival in the tiny fishing village at Mama Beach, we saw the wooden sign nailed to a tree. On the same trip, we went to mass and th...
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This Year in Sierra Leone: Bintumaniacs
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This Year in Sierra Leone. Thursday, June 19, 2008. Climbing the second highest mountain in West Africa during the rainy season without a tent or a plan didn't seem like the brightest idea. I went into the trip with a healthy dose of pessimism, but we did indeed scale Mount Bintumani (6,000 feet) - bottom to top in one long day. My victory dance after the upward march. Then some dudes were waiting for us on top of a big rock, and one of them, 'The Director,' was the only one who knew the way to the summi...
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Andrew & Ann: July 2007
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Sunday, July 22, 2007. Here are some shots from the Gazebo that Andrew was helping build today. Not for the faint of heart! Ask Andrew for the details. That's a long way down :). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Robbie and Erin 3. Lucas and Carrie 1. Krista and Seth 2. John and Kristin 2. Jason and Shannon 2.
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Lone Star Liberia: Where's My Christmas?
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The Christmas Beggar dances around in an oversize shirt and creepy Santa mask until you fork over a few 'liberty' (Liberian dollars). But they don't go away after Christmas - I danced downtown with one on New Year's Eve. Actually, they should stick with this act year round. It's pretty irresistible and it emptied my pockets more than once. We camped on the beach at Nyangbah village for Christmas. It's not quite paradise, but it just might be heaven on earth. Yes He can be.um, let me see.Timothy! Liberian...
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Lone Star Liberia: November 2008
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Power Justice. Truth. Tires. Monrovia's judicial building is called the Temple of Justice; or from a convict perspective, the Temple of Doom. The judge's remarks at the official opening of the November term were like a stern warning from a ninth grade teacher: Show up to court on time. Know who your witnesses are. Be prepared. No jokes in the courtroom. Stay awake. No wonder Liberians are critical of their judicial system. Links to this post. The Big House and Hoops. Links to this post. Links to My Work.
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Lone Star Liberia: January 2009
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So far so good. The County Meet is a sports tournament for teams from Liberia's 15 counties. After a dramatic extra-innings finish in the kickball final (yes I said kickball), the 1500-meter runners took the track. In the women's race, only one runner bothered to train. On her last lap, the stadium announcer got excited. "And it looks like we may have an overtake coming up.Let's see.Oh! The lead runner has overtaken the last place runner! Outside the stadium, I found my African twin. Links to this post.
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Andrew & Ann: Ski Trip Cont'd
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Monday, March 16, 2009. This view is from Montezuma Bowl, looking out to the south from one of the Blue runs that Luke and I liked. This is a picture of the trail map of Montezuma Bowl. The blue run is right down the middle of this map. I have some other pictures below this that correspond to the double blacks on the left side of this map. Pretty cool view I thought. Looking down into the bowl. All in all it was a great trip. Arapahoe Basin was a fabulous resort! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Lone Star Liberia: The Joy of Sapo
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The Joy of Sapo. I don't recommend it.) The guides also loved to fashion all-natural custom chillin' chairs for themselves. Cutting down trees in a protected forest for all this construction seemed questionable. But hey, it's their park. Solo caught us delicious catfish for dinner a couple times. The guides' daily menu lacked some variety. Every meal began with the same familiar white man-black man exchange. Hey, what are you guys eating? Ahhhnot exactly a shocker. 5/11/09, 6:20 PM. 5/17/09, 2:08 AM.
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Lone Star Liberia: September 2009
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Everybody needs a little closure. Despite many months of bloggy neglect, it's time to wrap this baby up and move on. I could list about a hundred things I'll truly miss about West Africa, followed by a hundred and one things I'm thrilled to leave behind. But that's lame. Instead, these photos are my final farewell. It's just a saloon where women do their hair.". West Africa is a beautiful place. Don't be scared of it. Heck, take a vacation there if you ever get a chance. Sure it has umpteen e...
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Lone Star Liberia: Meanwhile in Mali...
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On assignment in Mali, I escaped Bamako for some hiking through Dogon Country, a collection of Dogon villages set along a vast escarpment. These are Dogon kiddos with a Dogon door. Dogon people in each Dogon village all have the same Dogon last name. The Dogon are famous for their Dogon spiritual beliefs and Dogon traditional way of life. Doggone it, aren't you glad I didn't say Dogon again? Visiting Dogon Country sorta feels like a field trip to ancient ruins of a lost civilization, like Mesa Verde.
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