Dear anyone who still reads my blog,
I have been gone for weeks, trying to get my soul back in place. You see, when I left Sweden for my African adventure I was told not to worry about the shock of coming to Sierra Leone, but to be aware of the shock of coming back. I was told that I would arrive to Sweden in body, but my soul would only catch up some weeks later. And I think they were right.
One goes away for a couple of months and doesn't realize how much one changes...how much one grows...how much one learns... From everything I lived, the people I met, the things I saw, heard, smelled, touched and breathed in... I never realized I was coming back another person. One expects to come home and everything will be the same. But it isnt. And it never will be. And its so wonderful.
Its scary and new, to see the world differently...But Im so glad for it, and I hope it happens to me (and hopefully to you too) several times in this lifetime...
I´ve already cooked their groundnut paste sauce with lots of "peppah", feel like all food is missing some hot Salonian pepper hahaha... And I walk around in my lappás all the time (2 yards of cloth with beautiful prints which the women use for everything, including wrap-up skirts and dresses) causing curious looks and west africans living here to smile broad and make me feel like Im back there again...
But this surge of nostalgia came over me because I am writing my thesis which is based on the research I did around Tiwai Island... Looking back I only miss it, there is nothing I regret, and everything to thank for!
Thank you Salone and all the wonderful people I met there.
Love
Giovi
6 comments:
I still read your blog sis. Glad to see your soul is back and your on on to the next thing. That's life...one series of waves.
Love you,
Dani
Oi Giovi!
Eu também leio seu blog. Procurei durante muitos dias novos textos e... nada! Não quis perguntar para não pressionar. Mas fico feliz de ver que você está de volta. Agora, espero, com novidades da Malásia. Um beijo e saudades.
Sua mãe, com muita vontade de conversar (acho que preciso de um mês só com você para processar tudo...) ;-), Sandra
te extraño chica. algunas veces mucho, algunas veces menos, pero esencialmente te extraño siempre y espero verte pronto.
Dear Giovi, I'd love to hear about your academic paper, I'm working for EFA as an ecotourism advisor - focused primarily on Tiwai Island. go to our new Facebook Page "The Environmental Foundation for Africa" and become a fan
You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read it
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