The other day, Adrienne said goodbye to her friend Nacho (or it could be "Natcho"... if it is, forgive my cultural ignorance) who, along with a few co-workers, came to Ghana to do some research on the local economy. I met them at a house party not long after I arrived (see: Dark Star Island) and Adrienne has been hanging out with them since then. Check out what they do for a living:
Basically, they work for this small, elite journalism agency that does contracts for major newsmagazines (the Economist, Harper's, etc.) doing field research and writing reports on what's going on in whatever corner of the world. They are flown to strange countries (eg. Ghana, Uzbekistan, Slovenia), work in small teams, do interviews and research for about three months, then fly back to wherever their boss is and hand in their reports. They get a short vacation, then do it all over again.
Unsuprisingly, the job is hectic, unpredicatble and the turnover rate is high. Imagining living that way for years. Far out...
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