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12-hour layover in Amsterdam
Conrad and Zach dancing
Alex and Caitlin
Views from the Van
Aburri Gardens
Back On The Bus
I'm too lazy to go back and make them all bigger...
I love this picture! We stopped on the side of the road to make some phone calls and we started talking to these children. We sang happy birthday to one of them (I doubt it was even his birthday). They couldn't understand us, and we couln't understand them, but it was so cool.
Wli Falls
the kids were chasing us
Alisa and Caitlin
Elise, Me, Sam, Alisa, Alex
Nick, Lisa, Alex, and Zach
notice the bats on the rock face. they were everywhere! and they all started flying around when people started screaming. ha.
We had free time, so we decided to play with the children in the town.
Our hotel in the background. I think this kid worked at the hotel.
Caitlin, Evelyn, Alisa, Laura, Alex, Sam
Liv with a baby antelope a villager found
I asked them to take a picture with me and I was surrounded...
Homestay in Breman
This was the welcome ceremony that they had for us. When we first arrived, as we got off the van, we were surrounded and we were getting hugged by women and touched by children. It was insane. Then they led us around the town in a parade to this area, I guess it's their meeting place. People crowded around on all four sides to see us. The elders were up in front, we all gave speeches, and then shook each others' hands twice.
My room with the mosquito tents up
Goats. Everywhere.
My neighbors pounding fufu
This is a look down the main street in Breman
The Chief's house to the left and their nursery school to the right.
Chloe and Caitlin
Scott and Nick's house. They were making some wierd thing, I still don't know what it was.
Chloe with our brother Justice.
This is technically my sister, although she was more like a mother. My father was in his 70s, so his children were all adults. So, who I refer to as my siblings are really his grandchildren.
She's throwing a football we brought in this picture.
Our sister, Portia's friend's baby
My sister(I never knew her name for some reason), Portia, Me, Justice, and Benjamin
Chloe in the Living Room, where we ate all of our meals.
Portia and my mom, Antie Na-Na!
The beginning of the foundation of the school
Alisa, Scott, and Jenna at the worksite
mixing cement
Weekend Away in Elmina and Kakum Nat'l Park
Elmina is a slave fort, by the way. But the views of the coast, amazing that day.
The view from the castle of Elmina
The exit slaves took from the castle onto boats
ahh! the view!
those are huge fishing boats
Chloe and me
the hike to the canopy walk
Jenna
Back In Breman
the view from the porch of my house
They laughed so hard when I was pounding fufu.
Women making the journey into Breman from the worksite
The school was almost finished when I took this picture
Towards the end of the project villagers were flocking down to the worksite to help us finish
A secondary project
Another secondary project
I always wondered about this woman; She lived acrros the way from us, but never seemed to move from her door.
I love my Antie Na-Na!
This was how they cooked.
Portia and her friend, and the baby
At Sister's store (she sold sodas, lots of Fanta)
Soccer. The team was amazing, but they had no funding, lots of them were playing without shoes and stuff. So, with some of the money we raised we decided to buy them uniforms and cleats and all sorts of great stuff.
These girls were dancing and having a great time at the soccer game
Jenna
I really wish this picture had come out, so that's why I still posted it
Ansah (my dad!) and Portia
Ansah and the unfinished portion of his house. After I took this picture he asked me and chloe to send him money to help finish the house
Global Routes gave each family a tree, and we planted it with them. This is us with the tree. It was really sad, cause it was the last full day we were there with them, and the first time we were all together as a family. It was so hard. But, after I initiated a water fight and we were happy again!
Final Travel--Mole Nat'l Park
the first safari
About to charge us.
The village where we saw the elephants. Imagine waking up one day, having breakfast, and, oh hey, there's an elephant in the freaking backyard!
warthogs. by this point we had gotten to singing lion king, all the time.
near the watering hole
The view from our hotel!
Baboons visited us at lunch...
these elephants were right outside our rooms.
hahaha
THE ATTACK!
our guide, with the big gun
Caitlin crossing a stream on a very narrow log
I really wish this had come out. we got up at 5 to watch the sunrise on our last morning in mole. It was amazing.
Alex at sunrise
Final Travel--Alberta's Palace
all the girls, minus one
Scottie
Scott and Caitlin
hahaha. I introduced the ugly face, and by the end of the trip the question always was 'is this a normal picture, or an ugly picture?'
drumming lessons. we did dance lessons too...i could show you the dance....
Alisa. she cannot drum. for her life.
Elise and Jenna
Sam on the Beach
The man who gave us our lessons also had his troupe give an amazing performance
Caitlin
Alex
They invited us to dance with them afterwards
somehow, always uglier than the rest
Accra, the last night/day
Liv
The entire group
In the bus, on the way to the airport.
And that's that. It was a great time. And I'll probably post more pictures courtesy of other people later on.