Thursday, 28 Apr 2011 | Views [424] | Comments [2]
You may be wondering why I haven't said a thing about the reason we are actually here - volunteering as teachers' aids. That's because we haven't started yet! Our coordinator warned us about African Time, or BMT (black man's time) as they call it here, ... Read more >
Tuesday, 26 Apr 2011 | Views [327]
Haja's sister Basa showed up today. She is nothing like Haja - very big, covered with gold - big gold necklace, big gold earrings, big gold watch - dressed in blue, green, and white for Independence Day, with a great sense of humor. Haja took us all ... Read more >
Monday, 25 Apr 2011 | Views [413]
We finally got our baggage! It only required a four hour drive, a two hour ferry, and a half hour taxi ride. Oh, plus an hour wait at the airport until the correct official could be found and the appropriate posturing could be completed. We were waved ... Read more >
Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 | Views [440]
Yesterday we took a drive into Aberdeen to visit a friend of Haja's. Even going out for a day trip she dressed exquisitely in a long copper colored satin dress with spaghetti straps and a diamond-like broach clasping it together on her chest. Classy ... Read more >
Friday, 22 Apr 2011 | Views [669]
After the interminable wait in Ghana we were home free, or so we thought. We got off at Lungi, the Freetown airport. We cruised through immigration and yellow fever inspection in seconds and waited to collect our bags. And waited, and waited. After being ... Read more >
