The Foreign Service Journal, December 2018

126 DECEMBER 2018 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY SABRINA BEAUCHAMP n BIOKO ISLAND, EQUATORIAL GUINEA Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”, or 1 MB or larger) andmust not be in print elsewhere. Include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used. Send to locallens@afsa.org. T his was our first outing after arriving at post: a day hike with colleagues to Ureka, the southernmost part of Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, 32 kilometers off the coast of West Africa. Known as the wettest place on the African continent and one of the world’s 10 wettest locations, Ureka receives more than 34 feet of rain annually. I love this black & white photo; it’s as if the hikers were being called to the outcropping of rocks and trees at the water’s edge. And yes, it was raining. n Sabrina Beauchamp is a Foreign Service family member currently assigned to Malabo. A certified personal trainer and fitness nutrition specialist, she enjoys photography, tennis and cooking, and also teaches swimming. She took the photo with her Samsung Note 5.