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My best friend in Essau Village. He speaks 11 languages, is learning how to read/write in his native tongue, has traveled with me as far as Guinea, and is a truly wonderful human being. To quote him \"I loooove nature\"

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:39:59 MST

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My best friend in Essau Village. He speaks 11 languages, is learning how to read/write in his native tongue, has traveled with me as far as Guinea, and is a truly wonderful human being. To quote him \"I loooove nature\" - Gibril.jpg

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the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:33:38 MST

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Baby Anisha, 3 months old, born in the US and a product of Lamin and Ramou (their first born child. And no, they we not going to name her Fatou!)

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:31:06 MST

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Baby Anisha, 3 months old, born in the US and a product of Lamin and Ramou (their first born child. And no, they we not going to name her Fatou!) - BabyAnisha.jpg

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the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:27:33 MST

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Small child passing time while mother washes. Got the idea of \'making music\' from the boy with the sticks. He\'s surrounded by starchy root called Cassava (AKA Mannioc or Yucca)

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:27:19 MST

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Small child passing time while mother washes. Got the idea of \'making music\' from the boy with the sticks. He\'s surrounded by starchy root called Cassava (AKA Mannioc or Yucca) - smallchild.jpg

Baldeh sporting his Tom Cruise Glasses. This is the guy who\'s going to move into my place--he\'s a master of turning the dry soil into a productive agriculture environment. Free rent and he looks after the place.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:25:13 MST

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Baldeh sporting his Tom Cruise Glasses. This is the guy who\'s going to move into my place--he\'s a master of turning the dry soil into a productive agriculture environment. Free rent and he looks after the place. - Baldeh.jpg

Young boy beating sticks and making music while his mother washed. Classic face.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:23:01 MST

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Young boy beating sticks and making music while his mother washed. Classic face. - Boy.jpg

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the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:17:42 MST

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Gibril\'s compound in a year and a half looks AMAZING. He\'s a hard worker who prays that if his donkey gets stolen, it has a good life.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:15:36 MST

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Gibril\'s compound in a year and a half looks AMAZING. He\'s a hard worker who prays that if his donkey gets stolen, it has a good life. - GibrilandFriend.jpg

Lamin B Jawara: One of my 1st star students who has since gone on to study Cisco networking. He\'s biding time before the exam working at an internet cafe.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:10:34 MST

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Lamin B Jawara: One of my 1st star students who has since gone on to study Cisco networking. He\'s biding time before the exam working at an internet cafe. - LBJ.jpg

Lamin at the Rotary Club dinner. I have to give props to him as he put me up (rather put up with me) for the week or so I was down in the capital. Car, beach, and good times at Mama\'s. Lamin\'s pad provided all.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:07:22 MST

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Lamin at the Rotary Club dinner. I have to give props to him as he put me up (rather put up with me) for the week or so I was down in the capital. Car, beach, and good times at Mama\'s. Lamin\'s pad provided all. - Lamin.jpg

Market decorated for the holidays that Onome and I found as we snaked through the northbank streets of London\'s business district.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:03:47 MST

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Market decorated for the holidays that Onome and I found as we snaked through the northbank streets of London\'s business district. - London-market.jpg

A candleholder I made from a carved out gourd and some wire.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:02:21 MST

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A candleholder I made from a carved out gourd and some wire. - holder.jpg

Omar is my host family\'s eldest son. He\'s begun working in the compound next to mine (there\'s 9 fenced-in hectres over there, and no money = no wife) Crops include cassava, tomato, green pepper and squash.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:59:03 MST

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Omar is my host family\'s eldest son. He\'s begun working in the compound next to mine (there\'s 9 fenced-in hectres over there, and no money = no wife) Crops include cassava, tomato, green pepper and squash. - Omar.jpg

Onome put me up for 2 nights in London. She\'s a 20 min. walk from London Bridge Station, and has the sweetest flat that I\'ve come across (an old converted school house with 20\' ceilings)

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:58:47 MST

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Onome put me up for 2 nights in London. She\'s a 20 min. walk from London Bridge Station, and has the sweetest flat that I\'ve come across (an old converted school house with 20\' ceilings) - Onome.jpg

Senegalese street paver on break from laying a new road in the Gambia. Around his neck is his dust mask. I was happy how this one turned out

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:57:53 MST

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Senegalese street paver on break from laying a new road in the Gambia. Around his neck is his dust mask. I was happy how this one turned out - SenegaleseStreetPaver.jpg

So much for the fireline around the fence. They still ended up torching my land inside. Most of the cashews survived.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:50:58 MST

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So much for the fireline around the fence. They still ended up torching my land inside. Most of the cashews survived. - fence.jpg

Summer rains are unforgiving of mud houses. Yes, that is the river in the background.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:48:03 MST

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Summer rains are unforgiving of mud houses. Yes, that is the river in the background. - cracked-house.jpg

Sunsets in the Gambia are always better in the rainy season, though this one wasn\'t half bad. Overlooking my pad.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:47:46 MST

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Sunsets in the Gambia are always better in the rainy season, though this one wasn\'t half bad. Overlooking my pad. - Sunset.jpg

Wouldn\'t swim or drink this water.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:46:09 MST

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Wouldn\'t swim or drink this water. - Thames.jpg

Massive ferris wheel called the eye with Ben in the background.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:45:42 MST

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Massive ferris wheel called the eye with Ben in the background. - TheEye.jpg

This horse wanted a piece of my hand. The rider did a good job keeping him under control with numbnuts like me wanting to pet.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:43:00 MST

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This horse wanted a piece of my hand. The rider did a good job keeping him under control with numbnuts like me wanting to pet. - London-horse.jpg

Yassin sure is purty (but married:)

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:41:38 MST

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Yassin sure is purty (but married:) - Yassin.jpg

Girbil & Baldeh overlooking my land. Mangrove swamps and rice/floodplains in distance.

the7thcj — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:34:44 MST

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Girbil & Baldeh overlooking my land. Mangrove swamps and rice/floodplains in distance. - Gibril-and-Baldeh.jpg

Yassin was our the school\'s first secretary. She was one of my close counterparts and female friends in the Gambia. I had a sweet bowl of fish stew for lunch.

the7thcj — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:16:10 MST

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Yassin was our the school\'s first secretary. She was one of my close counterparts and female friends in the Gambia. I had a sweet bowl of fish stew for lunch. - Yassin1.jpg

My sleeping quarters for 6 cool nights. I had to kick people out of my \'room\' at night when I wanted to crash.

the7thcj — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:09:05 MST

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My sleeping quarters for 6 cool nights. I had to kick people out of my \'room\' at night when I wanted to crash. - sleep.jpg

Cecelia, Ponce and Ramou. Ceci and P. are expecting their first in another couple of months. Ponce has built the Gambian YMCA to be the best computer lab in the country.

the7thcj — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:01:13 MST

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Cecelia, Ponce and Ramou. Ceci and P. are expecting their first in another couple of months. Ponce has built the Gambian YMCA to be the best computer lab in the country. - CeciPonceandRamou.jpg

Alan also has land in Essau, Gambia. Currently he\'s working back in the UK doing Djembe drumming workshops and living in the country-side. Here\'s Trafalgar Square.

the7thcj — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:58:55 MST

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Alan also has land in Essau, Gambia. Currently he\'s working back in the UK doing Djembe drumming workshops and living in the country-side. Here\'s Trafalgar Square. - Alan.jpg

My 5-meter roundhouse which never got the grass ontop before last years rains. The mud blocks are plastered with a sand / calcium mix.

the7thcj — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:58:05 MST

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My 5-meter roundhouse which never got the grass ontop before last years rains. The mud blocks are plastered with a sand / calcium mix. - roundhouse.jpg

Tower Bridge - London

the7thcj — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:06:59 MST

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Tower Bridge - London - TowerBridge.jpg