And this is how the Gabonese woman carry their loads....

These beautiful baskets are loaded with all sorts which they carry on their backs and strapped across their foreheads. I can't imagine it being comfortable and they must surely have a headache at the end of the day. Can't believe very old woman bent over with age, walking along with a huge bunch of heavy banana's placed inside.... 

It's been on of those steamy, still days here in Gabon! #dugouts#nyanga province#Gabon

This is how the woman carry things.......

The woman work hard here like in most of the countries in Africa. They carry firewood, banana's, personal belongings  etc etc, in these baskets which are on their backs. So different to where we come from, where most is carried on their heads.... I will get a picture soon of the way they use these baskets. There were woman fishing in this small dam who were throwing their catch into the baskets.

I have a fetish for baskets, and theirs are made beautifully, so guess who will do some bargaining soon!

 

We took a "little" tour of the 100 000 hectare Ranch yesterday....

It took us all day, but didn't even visit the North..... The different types of cattle, sexes and age etc are divided into camps, where there are handling facilities, labour housing etc. The ranch has 5000 head but want to increase it hugely!  The cattle they have are the Cameroonian Zebu, the N'dama ( an Ancient West African breed) and they are now crossing with the Sennapol. Such different breeds from what we know, but they are so beautiful and hardy for this region.

The Savannah bush veld is beautiful and so vast with panoramic vistas at every turn.....

Banana plants for sale on the side of the road..... Most of the houses are built of wooden planks in Gabon, as they have such an abundance of amazing wood....

We have been blessed to see the Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo already. We hear the African Grey Parrot often, they love the oil palm seeds.... These are not my pics, stole them from Google.... The map is our position, (blue spot) very close to the Republic of the Congo...

Hope will fall like rain if you speak life with the words you say..... Trees in our backyard, Nyanga Ranch, Gabon