Postcard from Gabon

Here are a few shots from my recent trip to Gabon:



Children at Cap Isterias










Lopé Savanna












Sunset in Libreville










Setté Cama Beach









Lopé Roadway

India!

I returned from India a few weeks ago. I had a great time! Since we were in the neighborhood, my friend and I decided to spend a week in Nepal as well. All in all, I was in South Asia for 4 whole weeks. Taking a month-long vacation is something that I will need to do more often.

Below is just a few of the 1200 (!) photos I took with my brand new camera that I haven't quite figured out how to completely use yet.





Sunset -- Goa













Shopping with the Locals -- Pushkar







Dusk -- Bombay









Temples -- Outside Kathmandu










Red Fort -- Delhi

Adventure Afoot

Just received word that I'm going to be spending most if not all of next summer in Central Africa! I'll be in Libreville, Gabon for about 2 and a half months...chillin'. Depending on timing and cash flow after I'm done in Libreville, I may head over to Kigali, Rwanda to visit a friend... by airplane of course. Trying to make my way through the Congo (especially eastern Congo) to get to Kigali by land may be a bad idea. Regardless of whether I go to Kigali, I'm sure Gabon will be a great adventure. No one seems to know anything about Gabon. I've been taking classes and attending lectures on Africa all semester, and I think Gabon has only come up once, and that was only in passing. So this will be totally uncharted territory, which means that it will just be teeming with opportunities for adventure. Beyond the fact that I've never been to Central Africa (only West Africa), one of the reasons that I chose Libreville was because the city is right on the Atlantic coast and equator runs right through the country. This will give me great chances to do some kayaking and jungle trekking while I'm there. The downside is that it's right on the equator and it'll be summer time, which means that it's literally going to be hot as hell!

So this is shaping up to be a pretty action-packed 8 months or so. In addition to Gabon next summer, I'm leaving for a month in India in about 3 weeks. Leaving just as soon as I'm finish with finals.

I think I may need to buy a new camera.

England & Ireland

I recently returned from spending Spring Break in London and Dublin and their surrounding areas. I had a great time, thanks in large part to my great friends that live there that put me up for several nights. Here are a few pics from my excursions.