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It's a bit north of the city, past a place called Congo Town. I'm not quite sure about the name of the town in particular, but it probably doesn't mean people from the Congo lived there. Liberia was actually settled by Americans who were freed slaves - that's why there's a place here called Maryland, just like at home. There were people already living here, of course, from a whole bunch of different tribes, like the Krahn, the Gio, and the Mandingo. So when the American settlers arrived, they were called Americo-Liberians. Well, that was their "formal" name, but lots of people called them "Congos." So Congo Town was probably where lots of "Congos" - who were often the richest people - lived.
We went up to Thinker's Beach with a woman we met yesterday (the one who works for Women's Campaign International) and one of the people who works for her, a college student named Tim. Tim is from Kazakhstan (his name is short for Timor). They invited us to go up with them (because no one wanted to have meetings with us on the weekend, of course) because they are helping to train some of the boys who live here to be lifeguards. There can be very strong tides here in Liberia, making swimming a little dangerous, even though the beaches are beautiful. So helping the boys learn how to swim - one of them couldn't swim at all in November, and now can swim even through very strong waves - will help out a lot of people.
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| From Where in the World is Dad? |
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| From Where in the World is Dad? |
See the tiny white crab on the black sand?
After we went to the beach, we came home and - it's boring - I mostly did some work reading. Then Miss Susan and I took a walk down to a restaurant called Big Treat where we had goat soup (yum! Even though mine had a big chunk of liver in it, which I couldn't get very into). Then we had some ice cream - I had pistachio, because I know you like pistachios so much.
And now I'm back at the hotel, writing to you. I love you very much and I'll see you again in only 5 days!
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