My little sister and her friends apparently thought it would be fun to close the main door to our large concession and begin rounding up the herd of sheep that had come in to eat our grass. One by one, they locked them into this room to sit and ponder their actions. Busting into our space without permission.... to eat our grass-- not a good idea, Mr. Sheep!
About one-quarter of the 9th grade english class I worked with during this past school year. This is at our end-of-the-year celebration.
A few teachers from the elementary school. The guy in the front right is the english teacher I work with.
Painted this large mural in my house a couple months ago. Now I'm about to change houses and leave it behind-- bummer!
Little Sadio is a bit camera-shy.
Oop, there she is!
Ha.
Closing her in.
Not super happy at this point. We stopped playing the "hide-Sadio-in-the-cardboard-box" game a few minutes later.
TWIIIIIIIINS!
The dam/lake in Manantali, a town a few hours from mine.
Look closely and you'll see monkeys.... just playing around. At my friend Dave's house in Manantali. There are hippos in the river outside of his house also. Sweet.
I went to Ghana and the Ivory Coast for a couple weeks recently-- this is the first of my vacation photos. Cape Coast, Ghana.
Entering Ghana from Burkina Faso.
Sleeping on some bags of rice in Burkina Faso. Our bus stopped in the middle of the night for a few hours of rest. Prett comfortable, actually.
Dave sleeping.
Funny sign in Ghana. Whatever it takes.
Emily and I talking to the kids, on our way to Ghana.
This is a shot from our bus. Each time we stop near a market area, there are tons of women and girls that come running with all kinds of things for sale on top of their heads.
A brief stop on the bus.
An old slave castle in Cape Coast, Ghana.
An old slave castle in Cape Coast, Ghana. Dave thinks he can fly. He can't.
Cape Coast, Ghana.
At the castle in Cape Coast.
Kakum National Park, Ghana.
I swear it's life that I'm so excited about here, and not what it looks like!
This Canopy Walkway rests in the trees 120 feet above the ground. It goes in a circle, and takes about 30 or so minutes to walk around. Pretty awesome.
A restaurant near Kakum National Park.
A restaurant near Kakum National Park. Dave next to Mr. Alligator.
At the restaurant, not far from where people eat.
The Green Turtle Lodge near Dixcove, Ghana. Gooood times here!
The Green Turtle Lodge near Dixcove, Ghana. Gooood times here! I slept in that little black tent on the right.
The beach in Ghana.
On a beach in Ghana.
On a beach in Ghana. Dave and I.
Now you see him......
.....aaaand now you don't. Magic?
The Green Turtle Lodge near Dixcove, Ghana. Gooood times here! Kitchen and food menu here.
Looking down at the coast where the Green Turtle Lodge is located.
Dixcove, Ghana.
A small town we found a little ways up the beach from the Green Turtle Lodge.
A small town we found a little ways up the beach from the Green Turtle Lodge. The kids were adorable-- super strange to hear small African children speaking english!
A small town we found a little ways up the beach from the Green Turtle Lodge. The kids were adorable-- super strange to hear small African children speaking english! This is Mikael, an American we met.
A small town we found a little ways up the beach from the Green Turtle Lodge. The kids were adorable-- super strange to hear small African children speaking english! Ha!
Dave in the water.
Is that Hassehoff?!
This is in Sassandra, Ivory Coast. Dave and I took a tiny boat out on this lagoon for about five hours. Good fun.
This is in Sassandra, Ivory Coast. Dave and I took a tiny boat out on this lagoon for about five hours. Good fun. Mangrove trees.
Our guide, Jean Claude. This man paddled his ass off for almost five hours!
Me and Jean-Claude, our guide on the lagoon trip.
The branch of a mangrove tree.
Traps for crab and other little underwater creatures found in a lagoon.
The boat we took out.
Sweet.
A bathing room/toilet at the edge of the lagoon we went out on. There was a long string of a dozen or more of these.
Sunset at my house in Bafoulabé
Rain in the distance. At my house in Bafoulabé.
Ohhhh the clouds.
Lost in them.
A beautiful day.
The Senegal River, a few-minute walk from my house.
These are the two rivers-- the Bafing and the Bakoy-- that come together to form the Senegal River in my town.
