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First Supper

After a successful grocery shopping mission our 2nd day in Calabar, Alysha and I came home to find out there was no fuel to light the stove. All the food we bought needed to be cooked. Thanks to a fuel shortage (which is very common here) none was able to be bought. And then the power went out (which it tends to do ~50% of the time). So we feasted on a jar of peanut butter her mom very wisely gave her.


From: Africa » Nigeria

Nigerian  Flag Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have be... [read more]
Blog: Misc Pictures
Date: January 14th 2006

Other pics and movies of interest: Movies (Left click link to download) Xmas greetings from my Calabar family A little dark, but has interviews of many of the people I live with. Xmas Bike ride of the Calabar streets. The bike brok ... read more




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