Club Hibiscus Saly

... arm up out of the water and it would look like glitter was cascading off your body&#8230;amazing. The two nights in a row of &#8220;glitter glow ocean&#8221; is, I have to say, one of the coolest things I have experienced in this country yet.<br><br>After the summit I went to Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, for a few days before yet another training. While in Dakar, we went to this little island off the mainland called Isle de ...

... usually have been a lot more for us Toubabs! Had lunch with the girls in Dakar and then I headed back up to St Louis in time for work on Monday. Would have loved to continued onto casamance with the other girls but only got one week left and needed to get back to the Daara! <br>Probably my last entry before I leave for the UK on Sunday! Cant believe it is almost over!<br><br>See you all soon!!<br>

... hours to be found to use the internet and most evenings are spend at Pamanda's, the bar where PC volunteers get half off on beer. Fabric shopping has been a popular activity as well as we all have to get clothes made for the big swearing in party on the 7th. Get ready for some embarrassing photos of us looking ridiculous all decked out in African clothes. <br><br> A few weekends ago we participated in a particularly enjoyable PC- Senegal training ...

... I'm living in a small village of about 1000 people thats situated 2 km from the park entrance. So most mornings I'll be making the trek through the park to the main entrance to work with the ecoguards. I'm only 10 km from St Louis, a VERY nice city with old colonial buildings, so I can bike in if I want or take a taxi which is pretty easy. There are 2 other volunteers living in St Louis and one other girl working ...

... with my new camera and trying to capture the exhilaration of actually being in Africa. We had our first breakfast with baguette and coffee/tea, though we did have the luxury of juice. We (not so subtly) observed a local fisherman and later a man defecating on the rocks. Despite such an instance, it was surreal. We drove down to L'Université Cheikh Anta Diop. I was so excited to see posters on developing local languages (the subject of my final project), though I was not ...

... to the rain and bullfrogs and chatting. I loved it. Also a few nights prior to my departure I threw a little going away party and me and my brothers and sisters and a few of thier friends came over and we had cravettes and onion sauce and fruit drink in wine glasses, and danced on the roof to awsome Senegaliese music under the full moon. Then... I went on a kayaking trip! I met up with two other volunteers in the Kaolack region and we got on a piroge ...

... la on ne peut pas savoir ce qu'il aurait fait ou pas fait, ca ne s'est pas passe ainsi. Il y eux, il y en a d'autres... Il y en a aussi des plus heureux ne vous en faites pas!!! Je ne vous decrirai pas chaque cas, mais je devais vous faire part de ce qui me boulverse tant ici. Et essayer de vous faire comprendre pourquoi on s'attache tant a &lt;&lt;ces p'tites betes la&gt;&gt; comme je dis parfois au Quebec. J'adore le Senegal. Il y a des realites plus tristes ...

... lovely phone bills! :) More than anything, this past week that I've spent in my host family's house has given me the opportunity to realize how much I'm going to miss my family, my neighborhood, this country, and even this crazy city of Dakar. My Senegalese mother, Mama Binete, feels the same way I do about cockroaches, so when we walked into the bathroom to find one of the largest ones I've ever seen, we both ran out screaming. Our ...

... Carolina, I suppose). Going to sleep is difficult because as soon as you lie down, your back is covered with sweat. Fortunately there is running water at this campsite and so there are showers. We took a boat ride to pay a visit to a small town (and of course we got routed to their "artisan market" where all sorts of trinkets were for sale.)

... of the others have complained about really salty fish dishes, but thankfully my mother doesnt like salt very much. There isnt much variety though, most nights I have rice or millet with either bread or a little fish. I've gained a little weight because there isn't much other than carbs here, but I'm not that concerned because once I'm in my own hut I can even out my diet. I look forward to hearing from all of you! ngon en e jam ( peace only be with you! ) Jenny