Multiculturalism.
Las Galeras is a noisy place: music, children laughing, birds singing, chickens clucking, pigs grunting, dogs barking, cats wailing… and these days construction sounds as a new aqueduct gets constructed nearby. I’ve found it a nice background track to a lazy existence as we go from the beach to a hammock and back again. We’re [...]
It feels good to be warm
24 hours after leaving home, we’re in a beautiful bed and breakfast in Las Galeras, Dominican Republic. The five hour ride out from the airport was beautiful: lush hillsides, endless rice fields, friendly folks. My Spanish is incredibly rusty but we’re getting by. Tomorrow we sit our butts on the beach hoping that I will [...]
Oh, Ghana.
Well, I’ve been back long enough that I can think about the trip without being debilitatingly sad to be back. The first week and a half back in Seattle has been a complete emotional roller coaster. I promised pictures, but I don’t have the heart to sort through them. Yaw has carefully selected 101 of [...]
Safely in Ghana.
Hard to believe I’ve been in this beautiful country for nearly a week! Yaw’s family is an amazing network of support and warmth that runs throughout the country. I’ve been eating delicious food, sleeping comfortably and seeing so many incredible things. Internet access is hard to come by but I’m thinking of everyone a ton. [...]
