Marjorie in Qatar

Below are my notes on our trip to Gabon during the first two and half weeks of July.

We went there to visit Justin's friend Kendra, who did conservation work in Gabon for two years through the Peace Corps and who still spends every other semester or so there, researching elephant-farmer interactions. The other folks on the trip were Justin's parents, Kendra's parents, and Kendra's brother-in-law.

Kendra, Marjorie, Justin, Jeff, Lorraine, Steve, Trudi, Guy, Chef Mokoukou (chief of Makoghe), and Don -- the folks we were traveling with. Well, we didn't really travel with the chief of Makoghe.

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All in all, I absolutely loved Gabon. It is an amazingly beautiful country, and though it's not really set up for tourism (yet), there is a great deal to see. This was my first time visiting Africa (Egypt doesn't count), and I very much hope it will not be my last.

Many more pictures, and a couple videos, are available here.

This evening we're flying off to Gabon for a couple weeks!

Since most people's reaction to this announcement is "... Where??", I have indicated the location of Gabon on a map. :-)

A high school friend of Justin's went there in the Peace Corps, and now spends a great deal of time there doing research on, I think, elephant migration. So we will be visiting her, as will Justin's parents and her parents and brother-in-law.

We should return to Doha the night of the 16th.