It was a day of goodbyes and picture taking (not that we haven’t been doing that all week!). Tony and Shelly brought a small photo printer with them and once people around us found that out, they all want a picture of themselves or one with us in it. So consequentially, we have had a lot of knocks on the door this morning. We have also presented some small gifts and cards to quite a few people who we have spent time with.
In the afternoon we were off to see Dr. Sanvee’s house which is in the process of being built. It was about twenty five minutes away from Monrovia. Unfortunately we had to take a smaller vehicle, so we went African style, two in the front (stick shift in the middle) and four in the back of a small pickup. We see everything from small taxis to large vans carrying over capacity amounts of people in them. Houses here are made from cement blocks that are usually made on the site. The blocks on her house were up to window height and even higher in other places. We got a tour of the three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining and living room. It is located out in the country and she has hired a man who lives in a small shack on the property to be security so no one comes and squats on it or buries a body on it (no one will live on it if they do that).
We had a lovely evening at an upscale restaurant for our last evening. I will post a picture later of all of us in our new Liberian attire. If only it didn’t get dark so early, we would have had a beautiful view of the ocean, but alas… I can tell Dr. Sanvee is going to miss us all, especially Gretchen, but she will be visiting the US in May to see her daughter and new granddaughter, so it won’t be long.
I am going to end this so we can get on the plane. Later…
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