So I’ve written many a wonderful thing about Guinea, but I haven’t shown you much.
Allow me to give you a tour…
This is Dubreka on a sunny day à
This picture was taken near the rice patties, which are located on the outskirts of town.
There are lots of palm trees, lots of palm oil, palm wine (I’ve been instructed to avoid that), and coconuts.
Now, this is Dubreka during a monsoon à
Wind blew down our chicken coop last night.
The Rooster couldn’t care less, he’s still cock-a-doodling
at 4am like always, but Mama Hen is ticked.
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This is the port à
It smells a lot like Ruston Way .
Thankfully, there are no militant Canadian Goose families to dodge around here.
You are now entering Chez Kelsey…
Yes, that is a Chubbs the Squirrel figurine.
Judge me.
Here is a somewhat skewed view of my room (panorama pictures don’t work so great in small spaces, but you get the gist)...
There are labels on various items in my room to help me with French. My favorite words so far are fenetre (window) and gobelet (cup/goblet).
Also, in case you were wondering, YES, that IS a mosquito net! Here's a close-up!
Yours truly is lulled to sleep each night by the soothing sounds of whining mosquitos, tragically unable to reach their target.
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Now for the “adventuring just outside of Dubreka” portion of our tour…
There’s a natural water-slide at the base of the waterfall, so you climb behind the curtain-o-water, skootch forward until it's pounding on your shoulders, and then the pressure shoots you down a smooth rock-slide and into the river, where you have to frantically swim to the side to avoid being swept waaaaay to far down stream by the current. I’d say this gives Wild Waves a run for its money.
Some early-risers dedicated an entire day to hiking up this mountain. They got some AMAZING views of the village.
(I told them to act happy.)
... this one was unsolicited.
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Julie's just always ready for her close-up.
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Mmm-buh-dee-buh-dee, mmm-buh-dee-buh-dee – Duuh,
That's all, folks!
HOW ARE YOU TAKING THESE PANORAMA PICTURES THEY ARE WAY COOL.
ReplyDeleteAlso, yay for pictures!
P.S. Is Chubbs the Squirrel guarding your window?
YOU'RE SO CUTE AND FRECKLY! yay for pictures and exciting places and fun people. i'm glad you've got a good crew and you're doing interesting things.
ReplyDeleteBonsoir mon ami! Je me manques de toi BEAUCOUP. Pardons moi pour la mauvaise orthographe, mais c'est plus facil de parler que ecrire en Francais. J'apprend beaucoup ici en Guinee, j'ai commence avec un (informal) cour de Pular, laquel est une langue tres complique. Mais maintenant, je peux parler un peu avec les femmes qui vendent les fruits et legumes au marche hebdomadaire. Qu'est-ce que tu fais maintenant? Tu travailles/etudies? Je souhaits que tout va bien chez toi. Chaque jour il y a des surpris et choses dificiles. Je vais t'envoyer une lettre bientot, mais je manque ton address. S'il tu plait, envoie-le moi!
DeleteHugs and kisses,
K