Liam in Africa

This is a blog dedicated to Liam Hanks' trip to The Gambia. Please feel free to leave comments! Be sure to check out the Archives for older posts so you can get the whole story!

Friday, May 05, 2006

About the Beach

Hi All! Liam asked me to put this on the blog for him, so here goes:

"In responce to various comments (forgive me if I don't remember all of the questions...), the beach was very nice. No rocks! All just beautiful beach sand, palm trees, the waves breaking perfectly on the shore etc. Pretty much exactly what people think of when they think about a vaction in the south - made it a little weird actually! haha. It just wasn't going to the shore without it being cold, and having a fire, hotdogs etc. I'm going to have to go to the shore in october when I get back... although I may be going on my own at that time of year!
I'm not feeling nearly as homesick as I was, although I think about home a lot still, I just don't get sad when I think about it. I have been keeping a journal, thank you again Aunt Mary and Uncle Terry for the beautiful journal, I also use my nicest pen in it, I really feel like the adventurer out in the wilds of Africa keeping a journal of all the weird and wonderful things he is seeing... especially when the power is off and I'm using candles!!
I've also gone through the various things (meal replacement bars, chocolate, maple syrup etc.) that I brought along, and figuring out how often I can use each of them. Basically I can use a meal bar every 2 months, and syrup every two months, with nothing in October... which doesn't matter too much beacuse I leave then anyway.
The Comptuer classes won't be problem as far as language is concerned, all of the students will be people that have already finished the basic class, and they all speak english (one of the requirements for the class), and most people elsewhere usually understand enough that I can describe my want/need to them, even if they don't speak english themselves...there are times though... ;)
Always nice to see that people are looking at, and leaving comments, on this website. Its so nice to see!
-Liam"

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Pictures!

...looks like Megan didn't get my email yesterday as soon as I had hoped, all well. Basically, one of the computers here has Windows XP and a USB port, meaning I can now post pictures more easily. Although I may have to wait a while for them to load - the internet is very slow...
...Ok, no pictures... I've been waiting here for almost an hour for one picture to upload... and there's no sign that its doing anything.
Sorry all.
-Liam