Today we celebrate our month arrival in Conakry. What a month it has been! A month of grieving, observing and learning. It has also been a month of big changes: changes in the weather, culture, food and politics. Today we walked in a few new areas of Conakry. We went to a park, called Parc du 2 octobre....don't know why it is called like this but I'm sure there is a story. Raymond said that during his orientation trip in May, he was told that before the coup d'etat of last September, this park was full of people, vendors were everywhere and families would come in large numbers. Today we were the only 2 people walking around. There is potential for this park to be really nice! The bonus of walking in the parc, was that it was slightly cooler than walking on the road. Notice the long roots hanging from this tree.
A favorite statue of mine is this statue of a black man freeing himself from chains. I find this statue very powerful! It speaks of freedom. The statue stands over 6o feet tall so it has a presence. You can't miss it!
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