Friday, November 25, 2011

Celebrations

everyone likes to laugh at the white girl trying to keep up
teaching his son to play the drums


amaaazing old guy breakin' it down
drum troops just wander around the festivities


Village-wide celebration in Kemon, 5K from Kilibo.  Photo credits go out to Michael Bolin, my post mate. We spent all day wandering around crashing parties.  Such a good time.

Monday, November 14, 2011

my job is awesome

one of my favorite things to do here is to go to a more remote part of the village and take pictures.  most people, especially the kids, have never had their pictures taken before and they go completely ecstatic.  its an incredible feeling, and helps me to remember the magic in things like cameras.
                                       

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Random shots from my daily life

piment.  everyone here loves piment in their food, all the time.  if i ever cook something american for someone, they usually tell me it might be good if i had added piment.

brains for dinner.  this is wagashi, the closest thing to cheese that you can find here, so its pretty much my favorite food.  but yeah, pre-cooked it just looks like im eating brain.

My carpenter, Jacob.  He is one of the best friends I've made here so far, and just an amazing person.  He hardly has a dollar to his name, but always insists on taking Michael and I out for a drink or if we take him out he will just disappear and then come back with food for everyone.

2 of Jacob's daughters, Ruth and Rosaline.

Random mountain of trash in Kilibo.