On Friday, the day off here, I had the pleasure of spending the morning on the beach (again, everyday for a week now!) before heading to see some public demonstrations by the French Marines. They played a scenario where they took out a terrorist base (with tanks, mortars, jeeps, etc.), some with attack dogs, and then afterwards you were able to browse their equipment. My favourite part was overhearing the American soldiers who stopped by to take a look, they seemed really impressed as I constantly heard them say things like, "wow, I didn't know you guys had stuff like that!" I also spent part of the day trying to take pictures downtown, but with no one around, it looked more like a ghosttown than the busy city I was use to. I also had my
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