New roads

Today, whilst Noah and Sally still lay in their sick-beds, I dosed myself up with Ibuprofen and then Anna, Libby and I took a newly arrived British family for a drive around Monrovia. Firstly we headed down-town, and then headed out to Congo Town on the newly laid Tubman Boulevard, which has been undergoing serious re-laying since September 2007, and is now immaculately smooth from outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs all the way to JFK Hospital. What a joy to drive on. Anyway, at our old house in Congo Town, Jacob the security guard was on duty and he gave me a huge hug after I'd climbed out of the Land Rover. We met the new renters of the property, American missionaries with the Methodist Free Church, who are doing a great job and have settled into the community very well. Then we drove back into Sinkor for ice cream at Mona Lisas before returning to the ship. The new road is great, and traffic has thinned out signicantly as it can now drive more than 10mph. Olly