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My Own Pictures~

Dad and Mom on the beach
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The Shell "gas station" in Wassu
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Hippos in the water- check out that mouth!
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View from Goree Island
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Goree Island
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Jenny and I at the Bonfire
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Team Fishbowl and Cheerleaders
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Even this far up-river, you see the tide come in
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View From the Rock
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Manjumba Rock
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Tobaski, Isatou's Mothers preparing the Ram's Head
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The Njau Women's Group
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Mom, Dad & Musa, Matty with their daughter, Isatou
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My Mom and I eating breakfast by the River Gambia
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Thanksgiving 2003
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We cleaned up nice, eh?

Myself and my sister, Jamie
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Hiking in Douki, Guinea

Another Monkey at Abuko
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obviously very sensitized to humans

Monkey in the Middle (of the pic)- black & brown
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At Abuko, a nature reserve

Before Heading Out to see Youssou N'Dour
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Myself and my sister Jamie

Just before Jakob went back to Sweden
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Geoff (Canadian), Jakob (Swedish)- both YMCA volunteers, with Me & Bonnie (PCV)

A Meeting for the formation of a Food Law
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Amat Bah, Bakary Jallow, myself, Tony Chibueze, Seedy Buya Hydara

March 2003 Celebrations on my street
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After the Gambia-Senegal Tied Soccer Match

An HIV/AIDS Exhibition
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Me Talking with School Students in Brikama

This is Momoh, tailor extraordinaire
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hard at work

Gambian PCVs at WAIST in Dakar, Senegal
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Jenny, Michelle, Me & Cris

Sharing a foodbowl with my co-workers at a party
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L to R: Auntie Oulaye, Jainaba, Tony, Borry, Matty

Swearing In Day (I'm in back row, 2nd from left)
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Ironically, the typo comes out as "sweating in"

My Host Family in Bambako
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Fatou (Fa-Da), Seedy (father), Sanna, Tumbulu Camara (mother, Bansang & Mariama

The Darboe Kunda
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guess where I am...

The Bambako Trainees
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with Lamin Drammeh and Bakary Baro

Meta (me) & Mariama Diba
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Cooking Bean Sandwiches for lunch= tabiroo soso ning mburro

Mariama Diba Delivering Lunch
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The Konkurang Tulang
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A traditional character that appears at various ceremonies

The Death March- after being knee-hip deep in mud!
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That's me- the glowing white one near the center with the water bottle hanging in front of me

The Death March
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Hiking through the bush along the river

The Death March- baboons
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You can barely see them... in the middle of the picture

a few friends& I showing our fudano=henna body-art
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Me & Jenny in the back, Sarah Stewart & Beth kneeling in front, Britney standing on the right

Me fetching water (with the kids)
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sorry I couldn't rotate the picture!

My First Dinner in Bambako
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Rice with a spicy peanut sauce- see all that oil?

The Kulliyo
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Brahama (our LCH), me, Jeff and Michelle

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My Training Group:  Me (middle), Village-mates Jeff Z (laying in front of me) & Michelle (sitting all the way to the right in the front row).  Roommate here in Banjul: Bonnie (standing in row behind me, 4th in from the right)

Pics From The Web~

A typical sight on the beaches
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women & kids selling peanuts, cashews, mangos