7:10am – Sun still not up. Catch first pirogue off N’Gor Island. 7:30– In a cab down the highway, to sept-taxi terminal (seven person taxi) 8:00-10:30ish – A beat up Peugeot station wagon, lined within some apparent order at the terminal. Sand road is packed hard and oil-stained. Garbage litters the ground with an occasional waft […]
The tall man was right. We never really stopped to look around N’Gor village. I had just passed though their neighborhood without a cursory glance for the last three weeks. A quick look? I was just over here for a quick moment to meet James, the security head from IAMGOLD who had given us our […]
The sun was out. Waves off the right side of N’Gor Island were great, and I was thoroughly enjoying being less than average at surfing when the following unpleasantness occurred: “Hey! Hey you!” I looked away. “HEY! HEY LOOK AT ME! I’m just floating here… juuuust floatin’.” If I ignored him maybe he would go […]
December 31 — The boat is delayed, but there is still lots of work to do. Erinn, our photographer, has arrived, as has Chris, our film guru and videographer. This brings our party to six, and makes our beach house feel like family. To do’s … Organizing our boat schedule, visiting local schools, planning our documentary, […]
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December 28 — After a heartfelt goodbye to Becca and Jefferson, and 36 hours of plane travel, I arrived at the airport to meet Jordan, Pat and Markus. The border guard looked over my entry sheet and told me that the address written on the card was not good enough. I had “Ngor”, as my address. […]