The weekend after Easter we joined some other American friends in the region for Ms. Denice Klein-Douwell’s annual Easter egg hunt & potluck.
Visiting Ms. Denice in Nakpanduri Again
We go to see our friend in Nakpanduri and let Dr. Furtak say goodbye to her.
An Easter Hike at Nakpanduri
On the day of Denise’s Easter Egg hunt we went a bit earlier and took some of our hospital volunteers on a hike to see the escarpment. It’s still pretty dry and brown but Nakpanduri has had a couple showers so the green is starting to appear.
2015 Boxing Day Hike at Nakpanduri
The day after Christmas (Boxing Day) went once again went over to Nakpanduri to visit our dear friend Ms. Denise. After having lunch with her we headed to the cliffs to do some hiking and exploring. Here are some nature shots I took:
Snake Encounter at Nakpanduri
The Blacks are in town visiting for a couple weeks so we decided to take their whole gang and a new volunteer up to the ‘scarp. Trey was excited to show off all his favorite climbing places to the other kids. However, while going through a crevasse Trey has dubbed “Fat Man’s Squeeze” one of […]
Nakpanduri … again!
Another volunteer means another trip to Nakpanduri’s escarpment – one of Trey’s favorite things to do. This time Preston Moore from South Carolina served at BMC with us for a month. Before he left we made sure we took him out to see our local natural landmark. He was quite adventurous and climbed a baobab […]
A Visit to Nakpanduri’s Scarp
On Boxing Day we left Nalerigu for a day trip heading east by northeast to Nakpanduri. We brought with us Teresa and Charlote, two German friends who are spending a year in town volunteering at the Assemblies of God orphanage. They had not yet been to the famed “Gambaga Escarpment“. The Gambaga Escarpment (or Scarp) […]
Nakpanduri Panorama
I stitched together 10 photos I took of the edge of the Nakpanduri escarpment and the vast savanna below it. Supposedly you can see the borders of Burkina Faso and Togo way off in the distance. Click the image to the right to load it in a new window. Watch out! It’s looooong.
Nakpanduri Nature Photos
Nakpanduri is a village about 45 minutes northeast of Nalerigu where there is an amazing escarpment. Heidi and I visited it last year with Elisabeth Faile and today I joined a team of volunteers heading up there with Dr. Hewitt. It was nice to take some nature photos and get a change of pace from […]