Liberia March 07

All you get for not posting for 3 months is a bunch of grief and whining... so here are some pictures from Liberia. I hope you'll enjoy them.

There is no running water at the Liberia Water and Sewerage Corporation (LWSC), and so we flush with a bucket and scoop.
A hallway at the LWSC, my office is the next door on the right.
Early morning scene, selling bananas
This guy, and his generator, single-handedly keeps the LWSC powered on a daily basis. When the diesel runs of for the day, the power goes out and people go home.
Security at the LWSC
LWSC Office staff
Dressed to Kill
A little kid in front the of curio shop of his parents
Hawkers
Cutting hair in a stall made of a bombed out part of an old gov't building
Gotta Love the parasol
Zidane is everywhere
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School Kids
Making Lunch for selling on the street
Just hanging out in the early morning
French postal service car (how it got there, I don't know)
Disabled man
Are you looking at my bag of cement?
No selling, by order of the Liberia National Police
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Selling flowers

Brooke and Brian‘s Wedding

The wedding was in a park over looking Austin. The entire eveing was really, really beautiful.

Pre-wedding preparations

Brooke and I went to Norstrom’s to have our make-up done. Afterwards, we met Brooke’s mother and grandmother and we all had our hair done.

Going to Texas

Greg and I went to Austin, Texas for the wedding of our very, very good friends Brooke and Brian. We ate a lot of of Tex-Mex and a little BBQ.


A cowboy and a man in the kilt we saw while eating breakfast at the Magnolia Cafe.


Brooke and my mom. My mom took 4 flights over from the Bahamas to come to the wedding.
The happy bride the day before the wedding in her and Brian's backyard.

Lobo!
Puck!

Brooke and Brian at their rehersal dinner.

Visting Budapest

A couple of weeks ago, Greg and I went to visit Budapest, one of our new favorite cities. It is such a lovely city. We stayed with our good friend Gabor and Antonia (who we’d been hearing all these amazing things about but had never met). Gabor’s awesome sister, Judit gave us our own professional and personal tour of the city. She knew everything about every site and was very interesting. Between the excellent Hungarian food and drink, fascinating conversations, and very warm welcome, we couldn’t have had a better trip.









We also saw the Hungarian riot police!

Sharon Visited Paris

Sharon, my college roommate and good friend, came to visit us last week. It was her first time in Paris and she stayed with us for a week. We walked up to the Sacre Coeur the second night she was here. Its only about a 15min walk from our apartment and I took some photos of Sharon, Paris and the church.

More from Liberia

(Greg returned from Liberia two weeks ago but some how I forgot to post his last entry. He has to go back in March and I will try to keep the posts updated.)

Here are a few more pictures of Monrovia. I've been running around the city and have had a chance to see nearly all of it, as it is small. There are many black rock outcrops everywhere, which gives the landscape a rough edge. One of the suprising things here is the richness and diversity of available food and local cuisine. I've eaten crab and several kinds of fish, and even potato greens: the leaves of potatoes cooked like spinash. The chicken also very tasty, since it grows up eating trash and a varied diet, rather than cow flour in giant, stinky warehouses as in the west. I am surprised because my experience in Ghana was not very satisfying from my stomach's point of view, and Uganda's cuisine was not great either.