Gbangbadou, Guinea Travel Blogs

Gbangbadou and me
Mar 1, 2008 (4 photos)

Week 3. Welcome to my life.  This is going to be long one so prepare yourself.  I would walk you through a typical day in my life but as that does not exist, I cannot.  Currently I'm sitting in my mud hut, known as a case (pronounced ...

Work Begins
Apr 29, 2008

... catch a ride with Doctors Without Borders.  After a trip to the bank and the market I made my way to the taxi stop for Gbangbadou.  It was 1:00. Plenty of time to get a taxi and ride the 15k back before 3:00.  What I failed to account for ...

Rollercoaster
Jun 20, 2009 (21 photos)

... Labe and now that I see how far in the bush it is, I might never have made it. Douki is a village overlooking Guinea's "Grand Canyon". It rests on a plateau overlooking a valley surrounded by other plateaus. A Guinean names Hassan has set up his home in ...

The bike ride.
Apr 6, 2008 (2 photos)

... That, along with the desire to practice for a much longer ride helped us to decide to take the bikes.  So April 1st I left Gbangbadou with a camelbak on my back, 2 water bottles, a backpack and a hammock strapped to the back of my bike.  I made ...

Site Visit Round Two
Aug 18, 2008 (3 photos)

... to answer most his questions and explain or laugh over the oddities we saw. And then I was able to spirit him away to Gbangbadou after one night at his site (where I was almost murdered by bed buds sleeping on his moldy thin foam mattress). In the big ...

MAIL RUN
Jun 11, 2008

I am writing this in my hut at a moment of pure contentment. This, as you know, is rare and therefore very special. Since my blogs have been rather depressing lately I decided now would be a good time to write. Don't worry you sadists out there, I have ...

Just another week
Jul 17, 2008

... in addition to lunch they could bring their produce home to their families.  This will hopefully add a little food security to Gbangbadou and its most vulnerable citizens as food prices continue to rise. And in case you're wondering I'm feeling much ...

Disillusioned or just disappointed?
Sep 2, 2008

... an ambassador and I don't know any staff. But it's been impossible to convince my community that I don't know every American in Guinea and I don't pull any strings at the embassy. I am very low on the totem poll of Americans in Guinea when it comes to ...

Site Visit
Jan 21, 2008 (3 photos)

... that I made it safely.  The rest would only worry.              But wow, Gbangbadou is rustic but the people seem very excited to have me.  I got to see my little round mud hut.  It's ...

WAIST
Feb 27, 2009 (10 photos)

... of Malinke and Kissi, forgetting forever the Wolof of Senegal. Let me explain this remarkable phenomenon. Every year Peace Corps Guinea is invited to the West African Invitation Softball Tournament or WAIST. It's held in the capital of Senegal, Dakar and ...

Pierre
Sep 12, 2008

... got past the introductions I started asking about different issues. We've discussed the election in the US, HIV/AIDS in Guinea, the effectiveness of international aid, corruption and in my last letter I asked his thoughts on global warming. His opinions ...

Lazy summer
Jul 28, 2009

... the magic of travel has faded. I'm actually quite content to stay in my village for now. Things have been happening in Gbangbadou. My peer educator group "Les Superstars" is still my pride and joy. Slowly but surely my kids are slipping away, though. ...