Monday, August 31, 2009

Flag Day Weightlifting Competition




I was invited to a weightlifting competition today in Joe Bar market, on the Old Road section of Sinkor. Its a holiday here (flag day) so the gas station was simply taken over, and some guys brought out the equipment from a nearby gym, run by Mr. Big (the large guy in the brown and yellow striped jersey) who is a former Mr. Liberia. He seemed to be the main organizer of the event.


As you can see, there were a lot of people there. It was sort of nice to see all the kids, as I like to think of weightlifting as a healthy way to encourage young people to care about themselves and their health.


As the only non-Liberian present, I was something of a celebrity, and curiosity, and sponsor, and announcer...

Sunday, August 30, 2009

USA->Greatest City in the World


Heading back from my time back in the States. Flying Brussels, stopped in Abidjan (the routing is BRU-ABJ-ROB-BRU-ROB-ABJ etc, about 4 times a week).

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