Town orientation, meeting George, and a porcupine dinner
Sunday September 14th:
I went on an orientation tour of Lomie with Charlie. The town has one main road. The buildings are all in various states of decay. Most of the houses are mud and sticks, the fancy ones with corregated metal roofs. The less fiscally endowed settle for a thatch wood hybrid. They are rectangular, and single story. In the center of town the buildings are wood paneled. The fancy houses are concrete. My tour started by walking down one of the secondary roads, and meeting Benjamin (the vice president of the board and a close friend of Charlie), and George (the other VSO volunteer in town). We rounded out our tour by heading to the main strip at dusk, in time for a beer or two, and some more introductions. After sitting a spell, and chatting, we headed back to Charlie’s for dinner that consisted of Porcupine and fried plantain.