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Just a short note. I have uploaded photos to some of the older posts so you can all see more of what it is like here. My availability to the internet and electricity is very limited so I will probably be making posts about every 1.5-2 weeks or so. We ...
The End of the Road
The end of the road. I mean this literally, figuratively, emotionally and all other possible ways of meaning. As I have posted on facebook (and am of course writing this blog way after the fact) I have finished all of the forest research. The final field ...
Walk the line...and then walk it again..and again
Sorry this blog is a bit belated....I wrote it up a few days ago but you may (or may not have heard that there was a salmonella outbreak at Camp JODAS, see Tom's post). Fortunately for me the suspect food was eaten just before I pulled up...Needless to ...
Seeds of Change
The Seeds of Change are literally and figuratively present here in Bayangarama. First of all, I am finally going to the forest. It took time but I finally mangaged to arrange my ducks, and then get everyone else to arrange some ducks so that I could get ...
Adventures in African Medicine
When I got here both kids had small head colds. As this was at least a bimonthly occurrence in the US there is no cause for concern. Colds are much less frequent here but not entirely unavoidable. Lesley went next and then Friday before last it was my ...
Mossopula
We finally have a bed, much to our astonishment, and it's much nicer than I had imagined that it would be. It's nothing too fancy of course but it certainly is much nicer than sleeping on the floor. We went to Mossopula yesterday. Lesley wanted to sit ...
And I'm off...
Hello all...I am sure you will be sad to hear that I will not be posting for a while; however, I wish you would be happy because that means I am headed off to the forest. This time I think that for the first time all supplies have been purchases in ...
This must be one of the circles of hell.
I cannot say that I have much to report about our return trip to Mossapoula, at least nothing positive that is. Okay thats not true, I did see a galago for the first time and it was GLORIOUS! Which reminds me...Dear Melissa, with three months left is it ...
Spring Break! WHOOOOOOOHOOO!
A note to all who have never traveled within CAR you don't need to have a stair car to get hop-ons....here...you're gonna get some hop-ons (If the joke is lost on you I suggest you remedy the situation J) There's not really any WOOWOOOWOOO to ...
Party No 2
Today was the second of Lesley's going away parties. The first was at our house with the "Wali Functioneers" which is a social group of women that Lesley and Carolyn are a part of. That party continued at Sampson's which is the local dance bar. This ...
The Mystery of Kow-wea and Malaria Strikes!
So, I have tumbled on a new food mystery, which may now be nearly solved. Kow-wea, or as you could pronounce it in English: Cow-Wea. No clue as to spelling in Sango either. A few weeks ago these squash things had popped up in the market, of which ...
"Welcome to the jungle...."
I thought that is was likely only fitting for me to have the title of my first blog from Bayangarama be a part of a Guns and Roses song. Any would have worked but this was the obvious choice. The only problem is that now I want to listen to some ...
Small change in our travel blog
... blog. I have left this to Tom, who prefers to write and has a lot to say about his experiences and struggles in Central Africa. Anyways, to the point. Tom and I are now creating separate blogs. For those of you longing for the Saturday updates on the ...
Bugs, Birds, and Bats
... heavy sweaters, coats, and hoods. I'm sure that by the time we reach the states again winter will be unbearable. African time is quite different from American time. When we were at Doli Lodge Lesley contracted a carpenter to build some furniture for ...
Mammals, Magic, and Murder (oh my)
... you all are. I had expected that while I was gone all friends and family would learn all there was to learn about the Central African Republic and the Congo Basin. Shape-shifting is a common form of sorcery (for lack of a different word on the tip of my ...
Let the games begin!
... and forest, the woman we went with was quite satisfied that I had seen and practiced doing a little of everything. I'm not quite an African woman yet; I haven't mastered this kind of field work! As for the pics, you'll need to go to Tom's blog for ...
2 kids 2 cities 27 Hours
... , and got to bed early for our 0430 alarm. The truck was 30 minutes late but it didn't make much difference, as the Central Africans were great loadmasters. I had refused the first vehicle because it was clearly too small of all of the stuff we had. Since ...
No Blogs, Just Babies(human and feline)
Hello all...this is not really a blog entry but a photo entry...mostly for Lesley, Tom, and the kids of the kittens and babies of Bayanga. They requested updates and I have failed them utterly but I thought since everyone loves babies and kittens I would ...
Saturday before Last
I apologize for my absence last week. On Saturday I awoke with a tremendous migraine headache that actually caused me to toss my cookies. It left me pretty incapacitated for most of the day and I have no idea what brought it on. Apparently our health is ...
Social Butterflies
Since the last entry Carolyn and I have been on the social event train. First, as I left last week's blog, we went to Yolande's house (one of the wali fonctionnaires) for dinner. We were served rice with a few noodle spirals mixed in, gozo, and ...
Home alone....
So this, in the 26 and a half years I have been alive on this planet, is the first Christmas I have not spent with my family...or birth family that is. For I find that I have a huge network of family here thanks to my predecessors and while I can't ...
Route mauvaise
Mon objectif apres Bouar etait d aller vers la parc Nat Dzangha Sangha voir les gorilles et les pygmees. Pour cela je pris la route Bouar-Carnot-Berberati-Nola-Bayanga. Je traversai la region diamantiferes de centrafrique et je le compris tout de suite ...
Qwiet...we are hunting for wabbits
Not really...just looking for duikers...or any forest creatures! Last Sunday some of the members of my research team and I went out net hunting. The purpose of the trip was mostly for me to see what the process was so that I could address a few methods ...
We're BAAaack!
... knowing us for a bit. This does warm my heart that people are concerned and caring. One of the things I like best about Central African culture is that people take care of one another and they will often go far lengths to do so. I am in ...
Net hunting with the Bayaka
I returned to Yandoumbe today to go net hunting with the Bayaka. Everyone here has been telling me that it was my walking to Mossopula and then to Yandoumbe six times in the hot sun that made me ill, not any microscopic organisms. So when I told them ...
Palm Wine Harvesting
I have finally received my permission from the Mayor's office and WWF to begin photographing in Bayanga and the Zangha-Sangha Park. After a very very long delay and little time remaining with which to make the most of it I have commenced with as much ...
Dissertation Days, Veranda Nights
... , but for everyone in Bayanga that knew Lesley. I can report (and many people here would agree) that Lesley really was a "Central African Women." Seeing the tears and sadness of each individual as they said their good-byes to Lesley and the family really ...
Rats and Cats
On Wednesday we experienced the heaviest rain yet. We learned that during horizontal rain the gaps in the walls that sunlight filters through gently waking us each morning takes on the characteristics of a waterfall. The wind howled and river ...
1 Down hopefully no more to go
... for the day. Lesley got to go down into the local busmeat market and there was apparently no shortage. Saturday we met 2 South African tourists that will be staying at the Doli Lodge in Bayanga for 10 Days. They left on Sunday but we will meet up with ...
WWF Compound Bangui, CAR
So we are staying at the WWF Compound here in Bangui. It is walled off with barbed wire and a guard at all times so I feel pretty safe. The first day we were here we had a small room (12x12 approx) with a king size bed, an amour, desk, and bench. It had ...