the whole blog thing doesn't seem to make sense just yet. too many pictures in the last few weeks, but not really any stories per se. i wanted to use this for my strong journalistic photos and not my fun pictures of my friends, but the lines often blur.

the point is that, for right now, it's a whole lot easier to put everything on flickr (especially given my internet connection). there are about 80 photos there of ghana, and if you click on the "from Mendon to Techiman" photo album they are easy to scan through quickly.

www.flickr.com/photos/peterdicampo

the whole blog thing doesn't seem to make sense just yet. too many pictures in the last few weeks, but not really any stories per se. i wanted to use this for my strong journalistic photos and not my fun pictures of my friends, but the lines often blur.

the point is that, for right now, it's a whole lot easier to put everything on flickr (especially given my internet connection). there are about 80 photos there of ghana, and if you click on the "from Mendon to Techiman" photo album they are easy to scan through quickly.

www.flickr.com/photos/peterdicampo

quick because i should be sleeping.

1) hardest goodbye ever today with my parents at the airport. a lot of crying was involved. i spent much of the remainder of the day wondering if two years is just too much. then again, i haven't slept since sunday night, which is probably effecting my emotions more than a little.

2) today in the midst of peace corps orientation stuff, we received an impromptu speech from a man who happened to be at the same hotel for an accounting conference (or something like that?). he was ghanaian, and told us that in the 70's, six or seven peace corps volunteers taught in his village, and that he wouldn't be where he is without them. he thanked us repeatedly. it was extremely touching.

i can't recall ever having been this tired. i haven't slept since sunday night. even tonight, i'll have six hours at the most. how did that happen?! goodnight!

It's 11:17pm on the night before I leave for Ghana. My friends are here. I haven't packed yet. I spent a ton of time working on the 22 and counting story in the last couple of weeks and haven't had a chance to do much else. I can't think straight. I'm very excited but for the moment all I can think of is how much there is left to do before i leave...

Click here to see my latest photo story, 22 and counting. If you want to see my portfolio / other photography, go to www.peterdphoto.com.

More to come soon, I hope!

(Above is Kristen at a party in June, the main photo for the 22 and counting story)