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Dock and Ducor Palace

Here are some photos of the ship, the dock, and Ducor Palace. Ducor was at one time one of Liberia's most prestigious hotels. It is seated at the top of the highest hill in Monrovia and has some of the best views of the city and sea. The hotel was looted by rebels during the war and was closed for business. Later it became a shelter for thousands of refugees. Now it remains guarded and deserted.

Boomerang Child

...So yeah, I'm slightly embarrassed that I haven't updated my blog in about a month and a half. Motivation is low because I feel like Gilbert isn't quite as interesting or noteworthy as Liberia. But that's a bad attitude; there are events-a-plenty around here.

After 5 days in the Canary Islands and 3 days in London, I headed back to AZ via a direct flight on British Airways. (direct flight=super exciting) And then, I entered what I now refer to as The Time Warp. I slept a lot and then got sick and slept even more and then it was Christmas and then I went to the East Coast to visit friends and then I started to take a class and continue the med school application process and look into some other graduate schools and now I'm here. Really I can't believe I left the ship over a month ago. I've gotten to reconnect with several Mercy Ships friends state-side, which has been such a blessing!

I'm going to sift through my thousands of pictures from last fall (no joke) to find some fun Canaries and London shots for da blog. So stay tuned...