Day at the beach

If you had asked me how I would be spending my first few days in Liberia, I most certainly would not have said "at the beach." But one of the first restaurants we tried here was a great little place with seating right on the sand, and today a group of us spent the afternoon at a place called Sajj Beach. While a different experience than going to the ocean in the U.S. -- it's not advisable to walk too far away from your group, the people who run the beach bring you chairs to sit on and umbrellas to keep you cool -- it was just as relaxing. The water was really warm, the waves incredibly strong, and the heat pretty much wore us out by the end of the day. I wore 45 sunblock and still got some color.

On our drive back from the beach, I tried to pay close attention to the t-shirts and clothes people were wearing. The night before I'd listened in on a conversation about how certain articles of clothing are donated to Africans, and was curious to see what sorts of things ended up here. I saw a man wearing a New York Sports Club hat (made me feel right at home), and a child wearing an Amagansett or Nantucket or some place like that t-shirt. My FAVORITE was a guy wearing a "Vote for Pedro" tee. He gets the prize.

I'm going to try to take more pictures and post them, but in some places here it's not a good idea to just snap away, so we'll see what I can do. I filmed a little video of our apt here, but it takes forever to attach to the blog. Hoping to share it -- and more stories -- soon.