As of May 7, on my fumbling flickr page, it’s still a bunch of semi-chronological, mostly unrelated Photos from Senegal to the Nigeria/Cameroon border. Crazy bus shots (large farm animals and motor bikes are typical cargo), the giant club made famous by Fela Kuti in Lagos, and photos of our uneventful (“dead”) 24-hour spell in Togo – all are present. But only ONE cute farm animal – a pig – representing Cameroon is present. Captions also fill in the details.
1000s to come. Probably in some boring 4-hour marathon slideshow in Chicago and possibly the West (August 2008? Likely!) Benin, one hiccup ride before Nigeria, may not be represented – sorry.
Megan’s photo coordination of our pics is worthy of Dancing With the Stars. She is making organized, logical, and chronological folders of all our “best of…” shots together, so refer to Megan’s 100s of images with keen captions (as opposed to digital scraps). Beasts of burden and Megan are one thing, but you can’t beat this smile for cuteness factor:
Back story: Before leaving Senegal for the Malian border, we had a 2-hour “pause” on our journey at a road stand when a passenger forgot a bag. Long delays are normal, so you make the best of it. We made friends with the kids selling us bags of frozen hibiscus juice, our first venture outside purified bottle drinks. This girl really dug the Ipod, and lit up to “Good Day Sunshine” by Beatles. Not sure she thought too much of Aphex Twin.
