HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG!

On August 7th, 2008 Doug celebrated his 24th birthday. 

Happy, Happy Birthday Doug!!

We celebrated the day of Doug’s delivery to this earth munching on “Laughing Cow” processed cheese and baguette, driving over 300 miles through Niger.

So sad, right?

Don’t shed too many tears for our red bearded friend: we knew we’d be traveling hard on his actual birthday so we celebrated two nights beforehand by throwing him a birthday bash in a field in Burkina Faso before breaking away from our convoy with Kiran, Anthony and Kevin. The bash included makeshift cornbread/nutella cake with match candles, local beer and awesome presents we bought on the street in Ouaga. The next night, Aparna and I bought him a delicious Chinese food feast, followed by ice cream in Niamey.

All in all, we were lucky to be able to celebrate this awesome guy in a beautiful country, surrounded by good people, yummy food, a gorgeous sunset and lots of cows.