LETTER

call me butter because i am on a roll

what you will read here are excerpts of a letter from a good friend from his adventure through western africa. yes, africa, the project has in some technical sense become global........
because of its length though, i feel i must do some editing for this page.
this is where i stepping in as the facilitator of this project and plucking the passages i feel are most salient and beneficial to be read by the greater audience.

thank you very much good friend
and never worry
your hand writing is legible for the most part

hope you enjoy
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As i sit he I am watching an elephant bathe itself. Four other elephants wait on the skirts of the water. It is as if it came to pose for me. Earlier many elephants came but they were at a greater distance, and the enclosure by the water was full of noisy french. A king fisher occasionally flys by, suspends itself in the air and drops into the water. Across the water the baboons drink. A crocodile is sun bathing, thouugh it is hard to tell what type, there are a couple of monkeys in the trees near the baboons. But the elephant does not move. My camera cartridge is almost full and i already ha to delete too many pictures. I am afraid i am going to run out of space very soon. And I have a serious problem of feeling obliged to the awfully nice elephant for posing and turning so as not to have the sun on its back for a better picture.


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As we came closer to the center of Cotonou I noticed dozens of people sleeping in the street. I don’t remember seeing any cars.

(coming to a hotel)
Arriving at the front door, well there wasnt a door. Tables were pushed up against the door way. The room is hot and humid and a bit pricey. We cant open (the door) for fear of mosquitoes. Our second night we realize there are hardly as many skiters as anticipated.



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At the embassy we were well received, and the process was short thanks to our country’s leadership.
-"Your American?" asked the Togo secretary "I better speed up you visa’s or Bush will bomb us!"



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there are more great quotes to come possibly
as for now i might dig up another letter or catch some sleep

future thoughts
i feel that possibly posting parts of other regular correspondents letters would be a good idea as well

hmmmmmmmmm


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