Hard Work

Women work very hard here in Liberia. Before cooking the rice there are several steps of cleaning and preparing it.

Pictures

Amy and I walked around the village. As I was taking a picture of a boy washing dishes, women stood behind me to see how I do it. Zooming the boy from a distance, they started to laugh, calling out to him: "she brings your teeth up in front". Poor boy, he was embarrassed and didn't smile anymore while I was around.

On the walk through the village

 

Boy doing the dishes

No more smile for me

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

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

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

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

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