Today was a fantastic day!  I loved every minute of it and wish I could’ve spent a few more days up here.  The Dueck’s are great people and on top of that, they have 4 kids (including twins).  Can you believe it?  4 kids!  It’s like the perfect number of children.  They have 3 boys [...]

So today we drove to two places, the first was Mamou, in the interior and then we ended up at Tinka a place where the C&MA has what you might call, ummm, rustic cabins.
Our day started off early with about a 5-6 hour drive.  Having spent some time driving on Jamaican roads I sort of [...]

Today was another full day here in Conakry and yep, it’s still warm.  Although it’s warm there is one thing that’s surprised me about the atmosphere here, it’s always cloudy.  Maybe it’s some type of cloud cover but there’s a constant haze over the city.  We think it might be smog but we’re not sure.
Anyway, [...]

So, today was our first real day in Africa.  Our agenda is pretty full and Dan, our roadtrip guide is fairly disciplined at making sure we stick to our schedule.  This morning we began with a time of prayer and working out some details with regard to cooking and dishes, etc.  Then we went and [...]

Wow.  So, today was a marathon of flights, 10 hours in the air, and if you can believe it, not even the worst of it.  However, I have arrived in Conakry.  It is hot!  Like, super hot.  More humid than hot, it’s as hot as Jamaica but about 100 times more humid.  Worse, there’s no [...]