Ocean Dive

Overcast afternoon

September 21st 2013 – Barnesville, Liberia

In the morning, Emmanuel invited us to have breakfast together. There was no surprise there: rice and fish, but nonetheless it was really so tasty, I couldn’t stop eating until it was all finished. After, he called Abel and we agreed to leave for Robertsport at around 11 am. Before Abel came we had a photo frenzy. I wanted to have as many pictures as I could with Emmanuel’s family, so I can remember the good time we’ve spent at his place. All family members were at home so it was perfect. I left the camera near the window and we got a picture every 10 seconds. When we looked at the pictures, everyone was laughing because we were in all sorts of positions. Continue reading

“The love of liberty brought us here”

September 19th 2013 – Sukuta, The Gambia

As we expected sleeping the first night was very hard due to extreme humidity. At one point in time, mosquitoes started to bit us. It was madness. At 4 o’clock in the morning my friend woke up and he wanted to place the mosquito net. The mosquito net was designed for only one person, but we needed to fix it for 2. With the net in place, sleeping was again possible. The alarm clock was set a t 7:40, so we woke up and expected Malick and the taxi driver to arrive. Only a few hours of good sleep, but it was enough for us. We were ready to catch the flight to Monrovia. Continue reading