The Really Big Trip
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Dubai
Here we are on the other side of the world! This is a unique feeling for one who has never left his continent before (I was almost incontinent, so to speak)! The Dubai airport is stunning. Huge, spacious and very relaxing. The opposite of North American airports. Security seemed relaxed and you got the idea…
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The Last Lag (and our last legs)
On to Abidjan! This plane was not quite so nice as the last, but the hospitality and the food was the same. Our TVs were smaller and the selection was not ‘on demand’, but still plenty to do. I didn’t mention that the TVs also allow you to monitor the flight of the plane including…
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Hitting the Heat
Wooof! We hit the heat! Touch down in Abidjan! Yea! We were worried about the security here, Marvin & Penny had warned us so much. Not such a big deal. We filled out the forms and sailed on through. Then … to the luggage. Was there any small chance that it would come through? Or…
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Our Room
We are staying in the Missionary home. There is a room that is empty at the moment and, for three weeks, it is all ours! Yea! We had two gift packs waiting for us, one from M & P and the other from John & Mandy (a thank you for our bringing a few items…
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First Day
So here we are …. first day in Abidjan. It is actually quite nice temperature wise. Of course, we didn’t budge out of the house all day and we have air-conditioning in the room. But it was a cooler day. I was glad to have socks on in our room. Bouba is the guard dog.He…
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Service Day 1
We survived! … of course that thought may be premature. What a day! We haven’t actually been in service before! We just thought we had. We set out this morning a little after 8:00 am. And when all was said and done (and we were long done) it was after 7:00 pm. Back to back…
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Just Another Manic Monday
Monday is shopping, cleaning and cooking. Just a light day really ….NOT! We started out with a quick trip to Bethel. We had a parcel to drop off and Marvin had some things to pick up. Its a beautiful Bethel (although we didn’t have time to tour it really) and we got to meet Steve…
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Water Blogged
“ The greatest fun I had was playing in the waves! Imagine going into the ocean in big waves and finding it refreshing instead of freezing! You actually don’t want to come out because you get too hot when you do. How’s that for a new experience? I have always loved waves, but it has…
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The Really Fun Trip (or a trip within a trip)
We’re back to Abidjan now. What a great 4 days we had! Let me try to fill it in …. We headed out Tuesday morning at 6:50 am (Ick!) in order to beat the traffic. Apparently we did, although I would have considered it deadly, back to back, kill or be killed traffic. (We heard…
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Being there
(NOTE: this is the second of three posts. Somehow it came up first. The order should be “The Really Fun Trip” “Being There” and “Water Blogged”. So we had arrived at Mammy Wata (http://www.mammywata.net/index.html to see more). What a great time we would have here. The setting was ideal. Marvin & Penny had prepared us…
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