Conor has been officially sworn in as a Peace Corps Volunteer and is now in Fatako his permanent assignment. For those interested Fatako is near Labe a regional capital. He has asked me to post his "office hours". To receive a phone call he must climb a hill and then climb a tree (not kidding). He will be in his tree every Sunday from 11-2pm Eastern Standard Time. If you call and its busy keep trying as it can take some time to get through. As a reminder his phone number is 011 224 665 43719. This of course if your dialing from the states. For those that want to call I suggest you download skype to your laptop/PC. IT is only .18/minute to call him this way. Go to http://www.skype.com/ and follow download instruction.
He is doing great. He is healthy and content. His home is a three room concrete duplex. While without running water or electricity he has a bedroom, kitchen, living area and indoor latrine. His biggest challenge is he doesn't know how to cook- he will learn. School starts on Oct 15th so he is preparing for this while learning Pular the local language-which he says is rough going. The village has one generator but is has a 'movie club'. Every now and then the guy who owns the generator hosts movies for the village-and will charge cell phones. Conor of course has joined the club.
Anyway he would love to hear from you during his office hours.
Conor's web lackey- his pops.
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hee, "in his tree." I shall have to try to give a call sometime soon!
xoxo
well done sir godfrey. when are you making your first trek to visit the african plains and your son in a tree?
MAMADI! Your blog is great. I'm really enjoying reading about Guinea and your very adventures. I'm sure you rock at saleuring and have made tons of friends.
The "strobe light" story is the best and sounds like something we did at Scotland St when Matt was in no shape to work his DJ equipment and we couldn't figure it out.
I don't know how flexible your travel plans are but I really want to make it out to Africa, so if you can meet up let's make it happen.
Have fun, be safe.
Cole
Conor! Anoop gave me this website, shocking effort in attempting to stay in touch!!!! i am so proud of you and SO excited to hear about all you are doing, sounds as though u are having a great time...will attempt a call on Sunday! thinking of you loads of love Cara xxxx
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