A bit of background..

I'm Ben. Short for Benjamin Thomas Lloyd. I'm getting ready to move to Abuja, Nigeria at the end of March. I'm currently living in Boone, North Carolina and attending Appalachian State University. I'm a junior studying International Relations with a focus on the African continent. This blog will chronicle my exploits and allow me to keep my friends and family updated. Feel free to share it.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain