I was in Buchanan on the coast as a volunteer in
Liberia. We volunteers felt a little spoiled at times since we had so
many amenities that were not available to the volunteers up country.
Lamco had a little Swedish community there--with a very interesting and
expensive supermarket and a restaurant! We could escape and be in
another world if we wanted and could afford it. I lived in a Fanti fishing
area right on the beach. It was so interesting to watch them work on
their canoes and nets and the fish was wonderful. But, thanks to many of the
volunteers up country we had a place to stay if we wanted to visit and we were
able to share in their experiences too.
After I left the Peace Corps, I married and my husband and
I went back to Monrovia for five and a half years. It was a memorable and
enjoyable time and we made many more friends we are still in touch with, but
who have also left Liberia. I have lost track of the Peace Corps
volunteers from our group though. Larry was the only one I
"ran into" in Monrovia after leaving the Peace Corps, but do not
know where he might be now.
My husband worked with the Liberian Corporate/Maritime
program until 1992--so we heard all the sad news about the people and the
country.
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It's been interesting to see where those from our
group are and what they're doing. I was really surprised to hear that
Tren and I were in Reston, Va. at the same time and didn't know we worked in
buildings across the street from each other. He was at the Geological
Survey and I was with Sperry (Unisys)!