Saturday Afternoon

Friday Morning

Friday Morning

Friday Morning

Plague 1

PLAGUE!!! This thing is in my bed. It's about 4 inches long.

Plague 2

How to deal with said plague:
Want a crunchy snack? Chew on this.

Smelly Market

Peppers and Bissap (Hibiscus) -- dried, of course.

Tent City

This is what happens when your electricity dies for 5 days and it's 100 degrees or so. People sleep outside (under nets if you're afraid of mosquitoes) to catch a little night breeze... or Harmattan wind!

Hands-Free

People in other parts of the world have had hands-free technology for generations. I even saw kids with backpacks on their heads. I guess no one translated...

4x4

This is what riding on top of a 4x4 looks like. It's also a fairly sick looking hairstyle called Silli Silli--because it's wrapped in Silli, or thread in Zarma. (I can think of some other reasons for it's name, however.)

Oliphant

This is what a charging elephant looks like. It's even scarier when you're on top of a 4x4.

Caps

Mmmmm.... Bière Niger

Kwasai

Profile Photo -- Kwasai the Libyan
Kwasai, meaning "the favorite (wife)" in Zarma, was for better or for worse, my Nigerien name. It made first impressions pretty funny. My teachers loved to introduce me to Zarma folks because it inevitably resulted in 5 or so minutes of non-stop, unmitigated laughter.

Grande Mosquée

Grande Mosquée, Niamey Niger

Here Comes I...

who has never come yet. With my big head and my little wit. (I swear it's a common line from mummers' plays.)

Triumverate

The Triumverate of Marathon Power - Pre Conquest

The Pru

Fenway

Kennedy Bridge, Niamey Niger

Yes, our own JFK. Yes, it is the only bridge in the city.

Top of the Hub

Also known as the point of no return...

Header

This is for the header of Chrystina's Envy

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This will eventually be the site where I keep all the pictures... I think. So for now it has nothing. Sorry to disappoint.