O'Hare Airport
24. mai 2016, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Bye Midwest!
John F Kennedy International Airport
24. mai 2016, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Mmmm my weakness! Chocolate croissant and a good iced latte. Despite the coffee, I am passing out on this plane! #UISGambia2016
Brussels Airport
25. mai 2016, Belgia ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
Getting on the last plane... but it has one more stop. Headed to Dakar and then to Banjul!! It's 11 am and I am soooo tired. Excited and exhausted.
Paradise Suites!
26. mai 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
View from my balcony! #UISGambia2016
What a First Impression
26. mai 2016, Gambia ⋅ 🌙 70 °F
Day one! We got to see arch 22, Banjul, exchange some money, and eat some yummy food! Exhaustion is real. #UISGambia2016
University of The Gambia
27. mai 2016, Gambia ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Today we got to tour the university and meet the other students and professors we are going to be working with! So exciting!!
Makasutu Cultural Forest
28. mai 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Today we went to Makasutu Cultural Forest, there were monkeys running around everywhere! I drank palm wine, ate cashew fruit (yes like the nut), went on an awesome boat, and met a fortune teller whoLes mer
Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool
29. mai 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
I got to pet a crocodile!!! Also, Have another picture of the monkeys from Makasutu
MRC Gambia
31. mai 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Today we got to see a local hospital and tour MRC (Medical Research Center) it is an amazing facility connected to the London School of Hygiene. They had some amazing facilities. The rest of the dayLes mer
Kembujeh Wells
2. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
Our group taking well samples to analyze and talking to the local kids. They ended up climbing up the trees to get us some ripe mangos!
#UISGambia2016 #waterquality #science
Analyzing Samples
3. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Today was a hot day in the lab analyzing the well samples for alkalinity.
#UISGambia21016 #science #titration #UniversityoftheGambia #UIS
Monkey Encounter!
4. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ 🌙 81 °F
Dude! I'm talking with my professor and a monkey just jumps over and wants to hang out with us. This is zero zoom! Dude was a few inches from me.
Please don't climb on me monkey!
More Monkey Business
6. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
I found more monkeys at our hotel, they were breaking into the old kitchen. From the noise, it sounds like they made a HUGE mess inside.
Bakoteh Dump site
7. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Testing at the dump site today. #waterquality #science #trash #dumpsite
Another Sample Day
10. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
More Tests
11. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Testing the sample for chloride content using titration #UISGambia2016 #UTGedu #science #tritrationmasters #analysis
Roots
13. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Took the ferry across the river so we could take more samples and do some touristy things. We went to Albreda and Juffureh village as well as Kunta Kinteh Island. Talk about emotional and touching...Les mer
Long Day
15. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ 🌙 43 °F
Today was a long hot day of sampling and I felt even worse for my Muslim partners who were participating in Ramadan. They neither ate nor drank (even water) from sun up until sundown. Even whileLes mer
The Border
19. juni 2016, Senegal ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Today we visited Kartong and the border of The Gambia and Senegal. Also have some pictures of what I actually have been doing here (growing and testing samples for coliforms, red are e coli)
Lectures and Scenery
22. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ 🌙 79 °F
Science and Markets
23. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Last Moments
28. juni 2016, Gambia ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
#waterquality project completed! This has been a crazy experience I will never forget. There were ups and down and complications like anything in life, but truly I am so thankful for all theLes mer
Going Home
29. juni 2016, Belgia ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Not looking forward to this crazy long trip home, but HAPPY GOLD BIRTHDAY TO ME! (I had never heard of a gold birthday before today)
A Little Detour?
1. juli 2016, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
I may have gotten off the plane in New York, taken some samples to the museum, and then hung out in Rhode Island for a few days?
4th of July
4. juli 2016, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Nothing beats McCoy stadium fireworks!
