https://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/08/14/armies-of-the-night/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/69610047-blog-copy.jpg69610047 blog copyOur first home in Gbarnga Liberia, West Africa. This photo of me standing in front of the house was taken in the fall of 1965.https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/69620011-monrovia-shacks-copy.jpg69620011 Monrovia shacks copyTin shacks in Monrovia provided homes for the tens of thousands of tribal people who were moving from their Upcountry villages to the city.2012-09-27T23:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/08/06/a-nation-born-and-nurtured-in-paranoia/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tubmans-mansion.jpgTubman's mansionPresident Tubman's mansion in Monrovia Liberia circa 1965.2014-10-02T15:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/06/26/sargent-shriver-comes-to-berkeley-the-peace-corps-series/2012-09-27T23:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/06/12/hello-world/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mainstreet-gbarnga-19651.jpgMainstreet Gbarnga 1965This is the main street of Gbarnga, Liberia in 1965 where I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1965-1967. 2012-09-27T23:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/07/03/the-dead-chicken-dance/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/granite-chief-2.jpgGranite Chief 2While our final week of training in the Sierra Nevada Mountains may have been a challenge to the Volunteers out of New York City, it was like coming home to me. This photo is taken in the Granite Chief Wilderness behind Squaw Valley and about 30 miles south of where we trained.2012-09-27T23:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/07/25/left-behind-and-very-alone/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/69610042-worlds-fair-copy.jpg69610042 World's Fair copyJo Ann and I used our unexpected three day layover in New York City as a chance to visit the World's Fair. I am standing in front of the US Pavilion. 2012-09-27T22:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/08/01/dr-livingston-i-presume-the-africa-peace-corps-experience/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/morris-mike-and-i.jpgMorris Mike and IMorris Carpenter (top), Mike Prichard and I in a faded photo from Sierra College.2012-09-27T22:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/08/22/the-levitating-squat-routine/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bug-a-bug-mound-copy.jpgBug a bug mound copyTermites, or bug-a-bugs, as the Liberians colorfully named them, built towering homes in the rainforest as is demonstrated by the termite mound to the right of the palm tree.https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bug-a-bug-mound2.jpgBug a bug moundhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bug-a-bug-mound1.jpgBug a bug moundhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bug-a-bug-mound.jpgBug a bug moundTermites, or bug-a-bugs as the Liberians colorfully name them, thrive in tropical Africa. The eight foot tall mound on the right is home for one of their colonies.2012-09-27T22:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/2012/09/10/chapter-9-crazy-flumo-shakes-my-hand-and-ankles/https://liberiapeacecorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/69610051-gbarnga-shop-copy.jpg69610051 Gbarnga shop copyA typical Liberian shop on Gbarnga's main street in 1965.2021-12-22T19:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://liberiapeacecorps.com/about/2012-06-12T18:52:52+00:00weekly0.6https://liberiapeacecorps.comdaily1.02021-12-22T19:23:46+00:00