Good-Bye Gugu and Hello Gates of Heaven

Although Derek and I live in a village, 7km away from us (a 45 minute walk) is a lovely little place called Bingelela, which is seriously straight out of the Florida Keys or Jamaica or somewhere even greater. After a couple weeks in the village and some stressful days at work we will often find an excuse to go eat dinner there. It is a great escape – I tried to capture the gates as the gates to heaven as they sometimes feel to me as we walk through. This Bingelela trip was to say “good-bye” to Heather (Gugu), the Peace Corps volunteer Derek replaced. It was great to have her around from time to time as she delayed her return trip back to the US with African travel adventures and World Cup games.