Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Gas Station


After you leave the capitol city Monrovia behind you, life changes drastically. On the road through the jungle the gas station look like this.
This is one of the gas station
You buy the gas in gallon jars

Monday, January 29, 2018

Village life




Dear Friends
Here are some pictures from the village. There are always many children around who love to join our walk.
Amy  speaks fluent the language and is well received in the village.
Kids love the attention of a visitor
A new friend

Grab a hand if you can


Saturday, January 27, 2018

In The Jungle the mighty Jungle


Today Aaron showed me some more of the towns area. We went to the river and through some jungle area. The bamboo and trees are very impressive.

Impressive vegetation, its easy to feel small among such giant trees

The way down to the river

In the rainy season the water is much higher











Aaron was invited to be part of a village meeting. Men from a conservation group came to introduce method's to make a living rather then hunting animals in the forest. I took some pictures of a girl carrying parts of an animal, but they are too gruesome to show here. It's a different world for sure.

The village meeting under a big tree
Together we can find the way

Friday, January 26, 2018

Liberia lfe

Visitors are a normal part of life here. Today I tried to keep books of how many people come to see us a day. By the time we had breakfast a gave already up my ambition. The count was already higher then two hand full. :)

Spider before it met Aaron's shoe



After the encounter with Aaron's shoe
One of the unpleasant visitor I had the first night. The spider thought my mosquito net is a great hang out point, until he encountered Aaron's shoe. First we thought its a tarantula but closer inspection reveal it is not a dangerous one. The palm sized spider was a good reminder to check my bed in the evening.
Starting to make friends
One of the village children






Thursday, January 25, 2018

Freetown Liberia

Dear Friends
After a long adventurous trip I finally arrived at Amy & Aaron's village.

The landing strip


Houses along the airstrip in Monrovia





One of the bridges we crossed on the way to the village



We made it safely over it, thanks to Aaron's driving skills




A typical village scene