this is what we like to call "a good looking bush taxi"...even so it broke down 3 times during our hour long trip home from the coast. t.i.g. folks, t.i.g. haha:)

another pic in my future photography series "view from the hut"

another pic in my future photography series "view from the hut"

three languages of "forbidden to urinate here"

yup, cows in the middle of the road...and this is the MAIN HWY in guinea

our pirates and ninjas party in Kankan after site visit

this is in the city of Kankan, my regional capital...this man is holding some sort of musical instrument i thought was cool, and in the background you can see liters of petrol (gasoline) being sold out of empty glass bottles.

i took this picture in a town called Kissidougou...the further west you go in Guinea the more you can see the influences of Islam

see the thatch hanging down on the top? this is the view from the doorway of my hut...yes, that is a cow wandering by...they are EVERYWHERE in the east, hot drier part of guinea where my village is.

HUT TIME!!!

my hut...i def have my work cut out for me when i move in in a week...new paint (a hut should be BROWN not BLUE!!!), a garden, flowers...the roof is new though, so that is def a plus;)

some of us holding guinean flags in mamou for the african cup (soccer)

toilettes being sold on the side of the road, guinean style

my host family house

the vultures who are all along the coast here

my bathroom in my host families house (i forgot to turn it counterclockwise but u get the idea)

my host gma's money