Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Back in Ottawa -- for a while

Five days back and I'm still feeling a little lost and confused about being here. I've caught myself referring to Longido as "home" at least a half-dozen times, and have broken the news to friends and family that I'm hoping to get myself back to Africa before mid-March.

I'm enjoying my high-speed internet access and am happy to finally post a few more pictures for those of you who won't have the opportunity to see them first-hand.




This first one is my African dream house. It's actually a chapel, but I love the concept of the round house.














This is Arnold, taken back when he was still terrified of getting too close to me!













And this is the young man who was so delighted with seeing his photos full size on my laptop that we kept going back outside to take more shots! This was my attempt to capture him mid-jump.














On the right...the bride from the Boxing Day wedding, accompanied by one of my young housemates.










My debut as a Maasai dancer...













and more scenes from the wedding celebration.



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey Jo,
the photos are cool - looking forward to seeing more.
take care
bronwyn & maran

Anonymous said...

Hi Joanne it's Agnieszka, Polish girl who was traveling with you from Amsterdam to Canada :). I'm already back to Poland, I spent fantastic time in Montreal with my boyfriend. I think I was missing Poland as much as you are missing Africa now. Hope you will feel a relief as soon as you get there. After such cold days in Canada it was great pleasure to get back home on a beautiful sunny day.

Agnieszka Kubisztal
akubisz@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Hi Jo,
You've had quite the adventure and I could hear your voice when I read the blogs. My favourite was the Dec. 16th iteration and it must now seem like you've been in a time/place warp. Hard to believe that there are so many different places on this planet Earth.
Cheers and get in touch when you're in town.
Long, long time friend
Jane

Anonymous said...

Great pictures Jo, you have had quite
the time. The stories you could tell and have been telling. I enjoy reading them all.
Thanks
Guy