http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Equatorial Guinea en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:01:57 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:01:57 BST The last month has been really busy back here in Malabo. Classes and field trips around the country have taken up the majority of my time. Time has gone incredibly fast for me as well as my housemates. None of us are ready to leave. We leave Malabo on April 4th. Crazy. Classes are going really well. I am learning a lot. It's hard to sum up all I have learned. However most of the things I have le http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea/blog-256982.html Our dear friend George is currently working in Equatorial Guinea. He left Texas for his latest job project in October and has been sending updates of himself and his activities to friends of which I am one. With his permission I let you sneak a peak at the area he is in and his renditions of the passing months.Living in a designated area for the project's working staff George has a nice comf http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea/blog-243660.html I am back in civilization once again back at the house in Malabo. We spent a few weeks in a small town called Moka. It was not quite as rugged as the last expedition but it was definitely a welcome change of scenery. The climate there in the highlands is much more what I am used to. Its about 6070 degrees during the day and it was not nearly as humid. At night I actually had to use a sleeping ba http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea/blog-239574.html It's been about 3 weeks since my last update and a lot has happened out here. The few days before we left for the expedition was all packing and preparing equipment for the trip. This includes food for 40 people for 18 days and thousands of pounds of gear needed for primate research. It was a lot of work but it was worth it. The small group of students that I live with here in Malabo and I were http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea/blog-238307.html It's New Years Day in Malabo. I am loving every minute of this Island. I arrived on Sunday night and was greeted at the aeropuerto by the house director and we drove to the house in the middle of the city. When I say city it's more like a large village with cars and slums. The people of Malabo are amazing. The language spoken here is spanish. I have already made some equatoguinean friends who ar http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Equatorial-Guinea/blog-232045.html