Radisson Hotel Bamako

... your life if you don't know if Peace Corps will make you go back. I knew the whole time I wasn't going back. I was just waiting to see if I could COS or if I had to ET (Early Terminate). I'd already given away most of my stuff and said my quick goodbyes. I was checked out. <br> We're staying in the Peace Corps Mali training village. It's called Tubaniso or "village of white people". There are huts and houses, a cafeteria with computers and a little store where you can buy ...

... there were like probably 40-50 people that popped in for a few minutes to say hello and welcome him back. we werent sure if we should leave , but he insisted we stay and hand out, because Amadou was such a good friend of his. so we did, and we played and laughed and danced for several hours. <br><br>oh , one more thing. thats my travel guitar he is playing, he made it sound better than I have heard it. I had him sign it <br>

... I'm not sure where I'm going after Bamako (I'm still undecided on whether or not I want to do a mini-trek in the Dogon country in the South...) but I think I'll stay here til Tuesday. One of the nuns was asking me if I'd come and speak English to her class (she's also a teacher) because she's been teaching them about the UK and how it's four different countries (hurrah!), so I will do that if I see her again!<br><br><br>

... is that aft** checking the bags we had lat** last night, we realized that we had ev**ything we needed to start working on Monday. <br><br>Th**e is anoth** flight that came in tonight at 9:20 that is supposed to have our bags. Th**e is a group of people coming up tomorrow so if the bags w**e th**e, they will bring them to us. We had a quick breakfast this morning and started our Journey to Koutiala. On this 5 hour journey, I saw things that I have nev ...

... I had been able to stomach for the last 4 days was water. I was about to embark on two three and a half hour flights with a stop at Casablanca for five hours with no water. YOU ******* GIVE ME BACK MY WATER. Of course I didn't say this, not that he would've understood me anyway. I simply shuffled away, head bent, no energy and waited to get on the plane. Mercifully I had an aisle seat, the runs were still going strong. The meal came by and I asked for two cups of water as I ...

bonjour, ca va? ca va bien this is what I have been saying endlessly for the last few days. Malians are BIG on greetings. If you walk down the road just about every person you pass greets you, children included, we were stopped at the traffic lights and a guy on a scooter even said "bonjour ca va?" through the window. Given that I don't speak french, I have missed a lot of the conversation that has been directed at me, although I have learnt a few phrases in one of the local ...

... Mike and with the two of them managed a get out of jail free card with cam**a in tact. Suzy, Sam, Kristy and I found a really nice market selling leath** and wooden goods - drums, Mali guitar type things, masks, shoes so I purchased a guitar and something for my sis whilst Kristy picked up h** secret santa present. From th**e we found the fetish market - basically 4 stalls selling various bits of animals to be used in potions for goodness knows what - dried ...

... if they could sing Brittany Spears (Oliver's trick from Nepal) Martin stood up with no shirt on. You should have heard the kids scream and laugh. Oh it was hilarious. He did it again and received the same response. We tried to convince him to crawl up to the doors and jump up but he was having none of it. Poor kids would probably have had a heart attack. They're so funny. So now in Mali. Woo hoo. Don't know what it is but entering ...

... verre d'eau bien glacé, tellement glacé que je craignait pour mes dents, surtout après avoir bu l'infusion qui venait à peine de quitter le feu. Après tout cela, voici qu'une assiette débordant d'un repas somptueux m'était présentée. Souvent du riz cassé avec une sauce viande ou bien du poisson, mais à chaque jour c'était un repas différent et j'ai pu goûter plusieurs plats typiques, toujours avec une bonne variété d'ingrédients, toujours avec des légumes. Il faut par contre qu ...

Voici mon premier vrai post en "real time", tous les autres ont été écrits avec beaucoup de soin sur un ordi portable que je croyait appartenir à Baby et que l'on a failli vendre pour du carburant à Nouakchott et le voilà hier , le vrai propriétaire du machin débarque à la maison ici à Bamako et retrouve son appareil un peu.... mmhhh, disons abimé. C'est ma deuxième semaine à Bamako et je la conseille très vivement à vous tous. C'est une ville ...