My research up at the archives is winding down now, with only about 5 books left to photograph. Now it's all about reading through the ten thousand pages I have stored on my computer. Fun!
Tomorrow I'm headed for Makeni, capital of the Northern Province. It's about 3 hours to the northeast of Freetown and supposedly the roads are pretty good. I'm only spending the day there (still hoping to get to River No. 2 beach on Saturday) but I'm still excited to be seeing other parts of the country. Apparently the drive there is through the savannah region of the country, primarily devoted to rice-growing. Looking forward to reporting back on this excursion on Saturday.
Meanwhile, plans for Monrovia are ticking along. Having a little trouble convincing the hotel there that I should be allowed a single room (I think they see me as a walking bank) but I'm hopeful that this will all work out. And I'm cooking dinner for my host family on the Saturday before I leave, which should be fun. Any suggestions for which kind of American/European food to cook? They seem totally skeptical and keep asking if I could just make jollof rice or groundnut soup. Just goes to show: to each his own....
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