AFRICA 

Breaking Hearts in the Heart of Darkness                                  

  SAhara Sarah                             

• Mai Mai

• Nescafé Model

• On the flight to Malemba-Nkulu 

• Apple 

• Driving to work and  i ate crocodile

• Historic day

• farewell to Sarah

Thursday, November 24, 2005                  WE COULD HEAR THE KIDS LAUGHING

The water main broke outside of my friends house. People were bathing, gathering water in buckets and pans, and playing in it all day. We sat inside watching English soccer and could hear the kids laughing.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005     monuc

I have a couple of guards. This isn’t a new thing, I had the same thing in my previous post in Niger. These aren’t big guys who follow me around Hollywood style. One of them doesn’t look older than 14. Another one stand up and takes off his hat every time I walk by. They just chill outside my apartment door. I think its probably a pretty boring job, but at a hundred dollars a month, these guys make a good living by local standards.

I just received a text message on my cell phone. There are no landlines in the Congo. Interesting, isn’t that? That the government which ruled for the 40 years since the country became independent didn’t install something that so many people take for granted. Most other leaders in the same position managed to take full advantage of their citizens through outstanding corruption, but they still got landlines. Cell phones here aren’t a luxury, they are your only choice for communication. At any rate, this greatly increases text message contact. Phone calls are still pretty expensive, so texts are the way to go. The message I just got reads as follows: “Do you meditate? I got a feel of energy being transmitted when I was in your company.”