Gbangbadou, Guinea

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...