Apr 15, 2013 - Abidjan, The Ivory Coast

So my update last week mentioned that I was about to leave Monrovia, heading towards the town of Harper on the border with The Ivory Coast ( Cote d'Ivoire), which I will now abbreviate to IC. I left on the Thursday morning from Monrovia, but rather later than I had planned at 11a.m. As a resut of this it meant that I would not reach Harper, but instead opted for a bush-taxi to the town of Ganta, which is in the north of the country, only 2k from the border with Guinea. I arrived here after an ( thankfully) uneventful journey, at around 4...

Apr 15, 2013 - Odienne to Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire

Monday 14th April, 2013 Odienne to Korhogo, Cote d’Ivoire This morning we were in Odienne in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) finally after our adventures yesterday trying to get across the border from Guinea. We were told that the roads were not bad here so we set off. Shortly after we left, we reached a police checkpoint and were told that we had to return to the town to check in, this time with the military, so we went back with a military person in the truck to accompany us and show us the way. After our leaders met with the brass at the...

Apr 13, 2009 - Liberia to Cote D'Ivoire

Hello Everyone! Again much has happened since our last post I don't really know where to start. Well, lets start with the tournament. The PAC girls kickball team attempted to host a 4 team tournament. This is something that does not happen often in the pipeline community. After a chain of events the tournament finally started at 3PM Sunday August 5th when it was originally intended to start Saturday at 2PM. Here I think Jerome and I are the only ones who are ever on time. I think after 2 months we slowly are adjusting to showing up several...