Hey everyone! I realize that it has been awhile since I have posted, but in our last hotel I did try several times and it would never save. I will try to post a few more blogs with themes so that I can catch you up on everything that has been going on, but this one will be general.
We spent a week in Dakar, and it was a busy one! We were always heading somewhere, we had a lot of classes and meeting set up with students and some of the biggest African authors, plus there were cultural experiences to have. Everything has been wonderful, the food is good, truth be told we eat a lot of French breads and pastries in the morning and lunches are sandwiches, we eat a fair amount of chicken and rice. Nothing really crazy, yet, the oddest has been that the fishes aren't served like home, meaning the head is still attached.
Yesterday we had a very long day. We drove from Dakar to Saint Louis, which was at least eight hours on the bus, but in the middle of the day we stopped in Touba to see one of the biggest and prettiest mosques in Africa. It was fun, and we ate with the Mourides, but they were extrememy welcoming, meaning that they took us around their center for hours in the heat. But we were grateful for the yummy lunch and their kindness.
Saint Louis is smaller than Dakar, haven't really gotten to know it yet as we've been here all of twelve hours and seven of those were in bed. It seems like it's a cool place and we will be here about two weeks before heading to the interior of the country.
I am not able to get as many on here as I was hoping, sorry...
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| Dakar and traffic, it's intense |
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| Random kids on the street |
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| over looking the city and the Atlantic |
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| fish head |
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| Melanie and I eating lunch |
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| This is the library for the litterature, super small! Very humbling when compared to the Harold B. Lee Library |
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| many classes at the university are standing room only, approx. 100,000 students attend |
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| a bus |
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| I am trying to make the same face |
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| a hippo mask, for those who worry at SU! |
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| Flag on the boat to Gorée |
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| Gorée |
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| the door of no return at the house of slaves |
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| Coca-light in Arabic, like my friend Maren said, it just tastes better than Diet Coke |
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| Gorée |
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| Boubou and ukelele (not African, the instument that is) |
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| students |
I hope all is well with all of you! God bless
I see you're still living it up again. Some people have all the luck, while the rest of us just exist from day to day. So be it, however the think you really crave the most in life, is in my garage. Take Care, Phil
ReplyDeleteWow! Now that looks like Africa! How cool! (Loved your African outfit by the way.) Sounds like good times. I knew you would see fish heads on your plate; Adam told me about that. I nearly lost my breakfast just looking at your picture. You can imagine the struggle I would have if it were on my table!!!
ReplyDeleteIts about time I had an update! I've checked this thing EVERY day just to be disappointed with no post. HA.Looks like you're having the time of your life! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of you right now....minus the fish with teeth head. Missing my SU! brother!
ReplyDeleteBut glad that your living it up in Africa :)
PS. how's that sunblock working out for you?
PPS...ukelelle...Ill be expecting a full serenade session when you get home. :)
ReplyDeleteThere are some realy cool pictures.I miss you!
ReplyDeletelove,
Alexis