April 21, 2008
Sweating It Out
Oh, how great it is to be a VSO volunteer. The perks are countless – making good friends with other volunteers, staying at the spankin’ VSO flat in Abuja, and the excellent networking opportunities that arise as a volunteer. All of that occurred while I was in the capital city for [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 22, 2008
African Journal #9: Hot Nights in Abuja
April 22, 2008
African Journal #8: The Amigas of Akwanga
April 16, 2008
The Circle of Friendship
When the sun set on Sunday evening, Zach and I were in the company of several volunteers and friends chowing on delicious spicy tilapia fish, cooked right off the outdoor grill and downed several Star beers at the Abuja Military Market. If visitors come to town, I’ll be sure to [...]
April 22, 2008
African Journal #7: The Jewel of Guaro Falls
April 12, 2008
Life Is Best Viewed on a Mountaintop
Watermelons, pasta, mangoes, pineapple and cornflakes made up for our breakfast portion of the day. The volunteers gathered their hiking bags, swimming suits, and plenty of water bottles and sunscreen protection. We set off for our day at Guaro Falls, an hour east of Minna where we [...]
April 22, 2008
African Journal #6: The Road To Minna
April 11, 2008
Katati Lahira: Go To Hell, Driver!
School’s out! Vacation started for everyone who works at the Kebbi School for the Handicapped, thus beginning a three week journey to the Southern States surrounding Abuja for me. My plan was to take the public transportation to Minna, a city in the Niger State and visit a [...]
April 8, 2008
African Journal #5: The Curse of Sokoto
April 8, 2008
Go To Sokoto, Toto
What a long, adventurous weekend that came and went like a summer desert wind. It comes so suddenly, a pleasure to have during the evenings to bring the heat down, but the wind is also short-lived and sometimes messy from sandstorms. The similarities between the summer winds here out in [...]
April 5, 2008
African Journal #4: Sala’am Alla’am
April 4, 2008
#4: Mythbusters & Discoveries
It’s so incredibly hot right now with the sizzle from the hot desert afternoon sun that it’s become unbearable to just sit around by myself in my dark bedroom counting the hours until there’s a spark of electricity and I can get back to my cool as a cucumber routine [...]
April 5, 2008
African Journal #3: The Saharan Heat
April 1, 2008
Sizzling Temperatures and Ice Cold Coca Cola
Sannu!
My goodness, the heat is climbing upwards each day I wake up to the desert sun of Birnin Kebbi, and it even continues into the night – which isn’t pleasant to bear when the electricity decides to black out and we’re stuck laying in bed in the [...]
April 5, 2008
African Journal #2: Sweet Home Sweet, Birnin-Kebbi
March 22, 2008
Second Week In Birnin Kebbi
Sanu, friends!
What an absolutely crazy week I had! Where do I start????
Last weekend, Erin, Zach and I traveled to Argungu, a small fishing village half an hour east of Birnin Kebbi in the principal’s car and endured the hot desert heat to attend the annual world-famous Kebbi State Fishing [...]
April 5, 2008
African Journal #1: Nigeria Welcomes Coco!
March 17, 2008
First Update from Africa!!
Sanu, everybody! I am sitting in the local internet cafe shielded from the hot desert sun and thrilled to finally be able to get some internet access and get the message out to y’all loud and clear: I AM DOING GREAT!
Of course, there was some wahala (problems) and stomach churning [...]
