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. […]
December 13 — On the boat ride from N’Gor Island to the mainland for Mulled wine and Christmas Carols at the British Embassy, we met a young fencing master named Cheick. He was over on the island with a lady friend for the day and overheard us practicing with a Wolof phrase book. Speaking in a […]
December 10th — As we walked toward the large concrete walls we knew it was the right place. Even among the crowded streets with its many vendors hawking their goods and blaring taxi horns, the English language was quite discernible. The three of us were instantly picked out as “the rowers” before we made it within 10 […]
Dec 9 — Not a lot happened today. There was some relaxing, some slinging, and a lot of reading. Late in the afternoon Pat did some calisthenics, Markus went for a run, and I decided just before sundown to go for a swim around the sea-facing side of the island. I entered the water on the […]