Day 15 - On the Road Again (7/9/11)

It's definitely sad when you make connections with people in such a short time and you have to leave them. We met so many cool people in the Morija Guest house that it really impacted our stay in great measures. We met a couple from Canada that had just adopted their third child, her name for now is Billy because her African name is super hard to say. They had a young boy together name Liam, but had issues having other children and after hearing great stories from family about African children and their experience in the country, they decided to adopt.

We also met some young German youth by the names of Roland, Frieda, and Sarah. They were in their late teens early twenties working on Morija for a year. They helped run the youth program and really got it off the ground. I think that's pretty cool.

This morning we are off to another guest house in Maseru. I am staying with Elizabeth this time which I am excited about. I have had some great roomies while on this trip. Elizabeth is celebrating her birthday tomorrow (7/10/11) so we had a pre-birthday birthday party in the room we aptly namd the "Cabana". Needless to mention it's been a lot of fun on this trip :)

Here is a quick flick of our room. It is pretty much the coolest room ever and as I mentioned we are calling it the Cabana Room.







Tomorrow (7/10/11) we are off to the blanket festival which should be a lot of fun. I gather it to be like a carnival/county fair for blankets. In case you are unaware, the blanket is a prestigious garment in Africa. The patterns have a lot of symbolic meaning and colors talk about the region a person comes from. Kind of a neat way to share with others about who you are and where you come from.

Wendy Ewald - duke center for documentary studies
Photographer on literacy studies



- With all my thanks :)

Location:Morija to Maseru