Week highlights:
Saturday spent the afternoon with Yves, the interim ambassador and the ambassador’s wife on a driving tour on the north side of the island. In the evening headed out to the Pirata with a crew of friends from the café.
Tuesday Jorge publicly announced my project, showing images and giving my name on national television. [...]
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Week 7
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 3 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Week 6
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Week highlights:
Saturday spent the day with Elsa (director of finances at the airport), Deodato, their daughter, and a few other friends at Deodato’s roça, a 45 minute drive into the center of the island. A much-needed day in the country. The terrain and flora were breathtaking. The food from my hosts was excellent. The poverty [...]
Week 5
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 22 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
Saturday- Spent a relaxing day at a party in Condi with Helcio and some of his other friends.
Sunday- In the morning went with Elsa to visit a plot of land she recently purchased. She has asked me to design her residence. In the afternoon I was invited for lunch with a handful of Santomean guys [...]
Week 4
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 13 August 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday- Spent a relaxing day with Jorge. Checked the work at his apartment, fixed an electrical problem on my motorcycle, spoke with Alzira about the design for her house. Spent a long time discussing Santomean political culture, which is a very different ballgame from American politics and involves much more face time and personal relations [...]
Week 3
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 6 August 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday night- Had dinner and drinks with Yves Reme and friends, including the Seabees. Then went to a party at a renovated colonial mansion in the city, the Casa Amarelha. It was hosted by Nora, an Argentinian architect who lives and works in Sao Tome. The party was attended by about 30 people representing Sao [...]
Meeting with Minister of Infrastructure
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 30 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning- Met with the Minister of Infrastructure to show him my design for a new passenger terminal at the airport. As we drove through town on the way, we saw that the old market had been demolished overnight. Taiwan recently constructed a new one a couple blocks away, but a handful of vendors were [...]
Week 2
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 30 July 2007 | 1 Comment »
Saturday- Up early and went to the airport where, miraculously, my lost luggage from the previous week had arrived. Then headed out to meet Helcio in Guadeloupe. He walked me around town, introducing me to family and friends, including his friend Stephane, who is a junior deputy in the Parliament, ranked #54 out of 55. [...]
Week 1
Posted in Brett's Extended Stay on 26 July 2007 | 1 Comment »
Saturday- Arrived in Sao Tome excited and terrified simultaneously. Spent an exciting 45 min on the tarmac talking with the rest of the group as they waited to board. Heard their stories and felt their sense of accomplishment of the last month’s work. I look forward to maintaining efforts here. Waved a sad goodbye, knowing [...]
