My Wanderings

Guinea Photos

Well, here are some new photos to reflect my new adventure...in Guinea!

The Marche Niger in downtown Conakry
A large market in Conakry
The staple food in Guinea...rice
rice

The Peace Corps volunteer house in Conakry
full moon
The view from the PCV house

My training group
training group
My homestay area of K5 - this mt looms over the town
mountain

One of 3 host mothers - my host father is a polygamist
Learning to eat with our hands - never with the left!

Village kids bathing
Yes, that wet spot is his

Kola nuts
Kola nuts
digital photo of a photo of Kamsar
view of Kamsar

A rooster, duck and ducklings and a cat...all peacefully living together
animals living in harmony
A typical hut

SED ladies
SED ladies
chicken in a tree
chicken

dried fish in Boffa
fish
peanut butter for sale
peanut butter

local dish: mango delight
mango
gelati in Conakry
gelati

leaves used in sauces
leaves
fresh meat from a taxi's trunk
meat

giant praying mantise
bug
giant bamboo in Kindia
bamboo


SED PCVs at swearing-in

Pool party at some Lebanese guys' house
pool
all of SED

BEFORE: my bedroom
bedroom before
AFTER: my bedroom
bedroom after