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Friday, October 20, 2006

Here a few shots of round and about my current abode:


My house
My house
 My street (usual wandering goats strangely absent)
My street (usual wandering goats strangely absent)


Gambians traditionally live in compounds with a number of houses/huts gathered around a shared yard. Woman pounding millet in my compound
Woman pounding millet in my compound
 The compound yard is the centre of all activities - cooking, washing, meeting etc.

My compound (inc orange trees!)
My compound (inc orange trees!)



My compound is a small one with only three houses occupied by myself, my landlady and her family, and another VSO vol - Alvean who is a deaf volunteer from Ireland.

With Alvean - other VSO vol in my compound
With Alvean - other VSO vol in my compound


My compound is located in a relatively wealthy area of the Kombos and has luxuarys such as sporadic running water and electricity.

My walls. They let in light, air and mosquitoes
My walls. They let in light, air and mosquitoes


I'm also lucky enough to be close to the beach.


The local beach
The local beach


I have a gas cooking range but I'm mostly too scared to use it.


Pretending to cook
Pretending to cook



I share my house with:
- Plagues of ants
- a number of ghekos, all named Bob
- the odd cockroach
- any VSO vol too lazy to walk home (my house is very central and has a spare room)


Inside my house with other VSO vols
Inside my house with other VSO vols






plus as of 22nd Jan 2006 I have now been adopted by a small but stubborn kitten who resisted my attempts to reject him(/her?)



"Frog"
"Frog"
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