Tour de Kankan, Part I

Like many people, I've always wanted to take a bunch of photos of the city of Kankan, but have been hesitant - I don't want to get yelled at by cops or people who don't want their photo taken or who demand money for photos. The other day, though, I tagged along with PCV Stacy as she went to get some photos printed at a little place on the second floor of a building right downtown, and I took some pictures from the comfort of the front and rear landings. 

The pictures aren't anything special, but they show what a typical street loos like - dusty, mango trees here and there - and in one you can see part of the main roundpoint by the Totale gas station, which is a major ladmark. 

After the photo place, Stacy and I walked toward the market, along murky drainage canals brimming with trash (very typical of the Kankan experience) and past a giant pile of refrigerators and freezers (less typical but still interesting). 

More to come, just as soon as they finish uploading... 

Ugly Ducks

While pets aren't really a thing here, people often do keep animals: mostly goats and sheep, chickens, and sometimes ducks. I see them waddling around the neighborhood, and I'm not sure what breed of ducks they are, but they are definitely not the sleek, adorable Mallards from Make Way for Ducklings. 

Despite spending all day hanging out in a trash-pile, these ones aren't really so bad, but some of the neighborhood ducks are really rough-looking - grimy feathers, feet caked in gutter-mud, misshapen wattles slowly taking over their faces. Poor little guys. It's sad to see a duck without a pond.

In other news, I managed to hook up a spare monitor from the Peace Corps office and am now starting to catch up on work stuff. Nothing spectacularly exciting, but it's nice to be busy again.