Blogs from Africa - page 2697

On the map, Senegal and Gambia look like the profile of an open mouth where the former are the jaws while the latter represents the tongue. Made exception for the short coastal strip, the Gambia is totally wrapped in Senegal, hence whichever direction one wants to leave the country -south in my case- he have to necessarily enter into the territory of its francophone neighbour. I have understood by now that in this part of the world even the most insignificant trip can take a whole day and that therefore one must show up at la gare routiere (bus station) at the most indecent morning hours so to avoid the chance to be left stranded at dusk in some god forgotten border shack. The reason why travelling before dawn is perfectly fine while do it after ... read more

El encuentro con Diana en Entebbe fue emotivo para mí. El avión que me llevaba a Uganda aterrizo, sorprendentemente, 1 hora antes de lo programado, asi que fui yo el que termino ‘recibiendo’ a mi hermana en el aeropuerto. Desde hace casi un mes, Diana vive en Sudan del Sur (que probablemente se convierta en un estado independiente luego del plebiscito del 2011, si el gobierno de Khartoum no pone trabas al proceso). Por ahora trabaja remotamente para la OPS, mientras acompana a su novio que dirige un proyecto ahí. Muy probablemente la flacuchentoide, uno de los muchos nombres con que la llamo, empezara dentro de poco un voluntariado en su tema, salud publica, con una ONG en ese alejado punto del planeta. Cuando sali de Washington, Uganda no estaba en los planes de visita. Ahora ... read more

after partying all night with locals in Todra Gorge and getting little sleep, we had a short bus ride to the town of Aıt Benhaddou. This town has a fılm studio and many famous films have been shot here, including Gladiator, Laurence of Arabia, and many others. Next came the mountain town of Imlil, where we stayed ın a converted house called a Gıte. We had to hike up to the village to get there, the walk was through terraces and small rivers as we passed houses of locals and played wıth the kıds along the way. Most of us stıll not feelıng at the top of our game, spent most of the time playing cards and games and running back and forth to the toilets... the next morning we had a nice trek through the ... read more

Hi all Just a quickie here, not much time. I just want to give you a wee bit more information on any donations you might want to send out here (quite a few of you have had a few questions). Just to tell you a little something.....a couple of the other volunteers here took in the box for the world map jigsaw puzzle that I had (that was donated by one of Helen & Mike Ross's friends). Just the box, and the teacher and kids were absolutely fascinated. The teacher had never seen a map, did not know where Africa was, and was so thankful to the volunteers when she saw how far away from Africa they were from. The kids also asked if they could take the crayon boxes home with them (empty boxes), ... read more

so i'm here in moro of teh goro after our stay in the zanzi, our last days there were frantesticle, we went to teh north to kendra rocks and kendra truly does rock, it was a beutiful beach and turquoise water and nice bandas, we stayed in a banda and it was the upper level so it was liek staying in a tree fort, it was awesome, peter pan is awesome, it rained in tehmorn but we still laid on teh beach, it then cleared up, we had some beers and i went snorkelling, i saw everything, so many fishes and eels and jelly fish and lobster and corel, i felt at home, it turnerd out to just be me and the boat driver so he stood there and pointed out fish and stuff, our stay ... read more