Royam Hotel La Petite Côte

... solid "strong-woman" points for having done so.<br> After the 30 days there is this crazy big day, kind of like our Thanksgiving, called Korite. They kill a goat and make a huge meal to eat that day. The meal itself deserving describing. On Korite, everyone makes the same meal, again like Thanksgiving, but here there really is not variation. The meal consisted of macaroni, potatoes, onion sauce, goat, and bread....this is fancy food ...

... your ****** anytime, anywhere, and in front of whomever...literally all the time<br><br>- Spaghetti/macaroni on bread with mayonnaise, and (if you choose) beans as well<br><br>- Spaghetti/macaroni sprinkled on rice (this is fancy food)<br><br>- Liberal use of dried fish in literally almost every ...

... from my compound, and haul it all the way back, on my head (blah). It's okay because my family helps me pull water with their donkeys so I don't have to solicit help from neighbors. Yes, the well is so deep that you cannot physically pull water by hand, you have to use a donkey or a horse; it's ridiculous. <br> My biggest issue with the pump situation is its tendency to break. Our village is very far off the road and consequently it is difficult ...

... arranged a 4K race in the town as a celebration for America's independence and as a way to introduce a few Senegalese to a little American history. The race was not only for volunteers but locals as well, which included many townspeople and the local gendarme. Needless to say once I heard that the race was open to Senegalese, my hopes of a fellow volunteer winning were shot&#8230;Senegalese are ridiculously fast (think Cool Runnings fast). A herd of people showed up for ...

... trying to take advantage of me because I am white, and trying to understand every possible cultural faux-pas I was making. However, as time progresses I am beginning to realize what things are actually important in my new life and what is simply not worth it. <br>For example, as I stated in an earlier entry, many people in Senegal find it appropriate to ask volunteers for any and everything a volunteer has that the Senegalese person does not. I am still not quite sure how ...

... My host mom's name is Korka; she's not all that friendly which is disappointing because my mom at home is amazing and to leave that for this person who I don't think cares all that much about me is hard. She's nice sometimes but her general personality is not warm and inviting like I had hoped.  My dad is nice and seems to care about me a little more.  He's old though so I think it's harder for him to be as helpful.  In addition, he's the chief of the village so at ...

... everything i want to...but trying to make the most of it. i amnow only working with the talibes as the kindergarten was pointless. so i am a lot happier and the kids are great to work with! Not much else to tell just now...hopefully doing some sort of trip at the weekend but no plans yet. hope evryone is well liselle xxxx

I hope you are all still reading after that last rather dry entry, hopefully part 2 will be more entertaining.  The past month has generally involved commuting back and forth between work in St Louis and chill time in the village, which means I am the village van driver's new best friend.  Every day Maguette, our next door neighbor drives a big white van (kind of like what I pictured the DC sniper to be driving but a lot more decrepit) back and forth between the village and ...

So you can tell that I've actually been doing something with myself since its been over a month now since the last entry.  I am happy to report that this is indeed the case which makes for a very contented if somewhat frazzled month for me as well as interesting blog reading for you all.  A lot went on in the past month so I decided to break up the entry into two parts.  This one will talk about all things work related and the next one will cover leisure activities.  I have to write ...

Hi All!!! So 3 weeks in Senegal and things are amazing. Our training is divided up into training in the bigger city of Thies at the Peace Corps training center and community based training where we live in an actual village with a family and have language classes everyday. I love love my family here; they are loud and crazy and I love it. I fit in really well with their personalities which is great since communication with anyone at the ...