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Category Archives: 12 Liberia
Falling In Love With Liberia
Robertsport week 2 So of course we stayed in Robertsport for Christmas. If you had to choose between passing an extra week in paradise or taking a hard dirt road over the border during a school holiday, what would you … Continue reading
Big Reg Goes To Robertsport
Back On The Road And then, just like that, the rain stopped. It was the first week of December, there had been no new Ebola cases in Liberia for 2 weeks and the media celebrated when the father and brother … Continue reading
Making Friends, Making Movies
Our last few days at Kendeja, I saw the difference Zola’s friendship with Melvin has made to his self-confidence. It wasn’t just my son’s shoulders expanding. He was starting to identify himself as a young man capable of hanging out … Continue reading
Coconut O’Clock
My favourite times of day have always been dawn and dusk, but in West Africa you have to be paying close attention or else you’ll miss them. Sunrise happens so quickly that I can get up in the pitch dark … Continue reading
Qui sème le vent…
It doesn’t matter how carefully we pack, how tightly we seal things away: after a rainy season, it always seems to take a full week to get the truck ready for the road. Even though, thanks to Sean’s vacuum bags, … Continue reading
Courtesy of our Stranger Father
So, back to the warmth of Liberia once again; I am hoping it’s third time lucky and we’ll soon be driving, not flying, out. The main difference in the year or so that has passed since we left Liberia the … Continue reading
New Brooms
On my morning walk two days after the last blog was posted, I came upon a team of ten people cleaning the beach. Seven women with brooms made out of twigs were sweeping the sparse litter into piles, which were … Continue reading
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Truckulence
I can’t tell you how happy I am. For the last 6 months, I have had an ache in my heart every time I thought of the Big Green Truck sat lonely in the corner of Sean’s apartment block compound … Continue reading
Posted in 12 Liberia
Tagged Africa Clockwise, Ebola, Eden, Helene Cooper, Liberian Maritime Beaches and Waterways Department, Mister T's Physical Fitness Club, Monrovia, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, RLJ Kendeja Resort and Villas, Roberts International Airport, The House at Sugar Beach, travelling Africa, travelling with children, travelling with M.E., Trellidor
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From Monrovia With Love
Sampson’s Story (in his own words) There’s nothing quite like driving your family through 12 African countries to bring you together. We’ve been incredibly close for a whole year, literally: within 3 metres of each other at all times. We … Continue reading
Dolly’s Adventures in Wonderland
The rain was slashing down when we finally arrived in Monrovia on Thursday 17th July, a week after setting off from San Pédro. The journey was 1111 km but felt twice as long because of the grim section in the … Continue reading
Posted in 12 Liberia
Tagged Councillor Sean Pike, culture shock, Ebola, London Gatwick, M.E., Monrovia, SA Embassy Monrovia
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