Full Disclosure - this is John's father doing this post with his permission. Mostly. You might have heard the president of Guinea died and the military took control. This created some uncertainty, but so far not much more. It meant that John was not able to go to Conakry, the capital, on Christmas Day which meant that he did not have access to the internet which is where I come in. It also meant that he went to bed to the sound of celebratory gunfire on Christmas Eve and awoke to the same on Christmas morning. It also meant that he was not able to purchase a cell phone as planned on Christmas. Nor was he able to get the latke recipe we sent by email.
However, the Peace Corps provided everyone with a cell phone and he has a phone number. That is the good news. The lesser good news is that he remains almost impossible to reach. We hope this is temporary due to high call volume because of the coup. He is able to call out, but we rarely are able to reach him. He says the cost of a call to the US is a day's wages so it is far cheaper if we call him.
To reach him by phone, call 011 224 65 23 99 42. Don't dial 1 before it all. The 011 indicates it is an international call. The 224 is the Guinea country code. He suggests that Sundays between 11 and 3 EST are good times to call. It is a five hour time differential. 11:00 AM EST is 4:00 PM in Guinea.
