Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Stranger in a Strange Land

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND...
             One year in country, highs and lows

High - the kids
Kanye, where it alllll started!
GLOW
 
 
Jacquline

Black Rhino at the Khama Reserve

High - The animals, domestic and wild (chickens are really good mothers and sometimes look like they are wearing toupees, donkeys' bray sounding like 'demented children', baboons scare the shit outta me, praying mantis' are badasses!)
 
His 5th leg was....impressive
 


Really dumb bird, the Hammerkop



 
 
Baboons are crazier than loons
 
Monkeys at the Met


 

 
 
Low - MoE & Company, yeah, Mabel, I'm talking about you
 
Kereng at Youth Forum
 

Low - The freaking weather!!
 
 
High - My fellow PCVs, here and elsewhere
 
With Mary in SA
 
Celia and me at Swearing In
The Magnificent 7 in Moremi
 
D & Me in Pretoria


Rose, Shannon, Moi and Celia

Jack
 

 
 
High - travelin to Durban, Maun, Khama Rhino Reserve, Pretoria
In the shark tank with Adam


High - Turning Sexty
 
Low - Turning Sexty without my family
Low - Fucking mosquitos!
 
 
Major lows - Ma Chibana's death, The Munsons and VA leaving
VA doing the world map

 
High & Low - 16 years of celibacy (and counting)
Still have yet to put a condom on anything!
 
Low - Modisa and corporal punishment
 
High - home stay

Me, Dana, Refie, Njale and Celia
High - Njale and daughter
 
High & Low - PST
 

Corey and Me, Halloween, 2011

 















High - Taxi, Chutney, Marmalade, Salsa & Caviar
The dog and feral cats on my compound, This is Chutney
 
 
High - Food Lovers & Woolworths Food stores
 
High - 1 yr Anniversary at Mogolodi
Nate and Rose
 
High - 50th Anniversary Party!!
Dancing with Dana, Cassie, Adam, Sheb and Clayton
 
 
High - doing some of the best writing of my life

LOW Low low - having to be reassigned and leaving my sweet little house
 
  
 
 
Me at MSS 
 
 
With Lady Gugu