by Nile Sprague | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
My first time to see Yosemite in the snow. And how quiet it was – tranquil and virtually free of tourists. ‘Twas beautiful! [mappress...
by Nile Sprague | Jan 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
This was our last camping trip of 2010, back in October. We went to the eastern Sierras and visited Buckeye Hot-springs, Mono Lake, and camped for a few days. The hot-springs were fed by a spring on the hill above a creek, and hot water dripped down in a hot...
by Nile Sprague | Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
I visited a women-run micro-finance bank in Bouaké and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire that mostly caters to women clientele, though all are welcome. They aim to make loans more accessible to low-income women, and also have a higher than average repayment rate. In...
by Nile Sprague | Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
by Nile Sprague | Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
My second day in Freetown, Sierra Leone, I visited the Kroo Bay slum area again, located along the edge of the ocean, and then towards the end of day I went to another slum area called Dwarzack, which is set in a valley and along the steep slope of a mountain. In...
by Nile Sprague | Dec 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
A preelection rally in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) on November 20, 2010, in the town of Divo. This was between the first round of presidential elections, and the run-off election that was held last weekend. I was driving on my way back to Abidjan from visiting...
