http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/katiemac604/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from katiemac604 en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:00:52 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:00:52 +0000 so this isn't a new place i traveled to. nothing about this is new. this entry is about the end of a chapter of my life.for 11 years i have gone to Camp Calumet Lutheran for boys and girls in Freedom NH. i've been a camper a trainee and a counselor. camp is a place that has changed my life and has meant more to me than any country in the world ever could. i left on saturday and won't be returni http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Hampshire/Freedom/blog-426845.html Remember my last entry I did the same thing with Grade 5 today. So i have 9 more letters to share with you guys. Same edits same deal as last time. Here goesTopic Explain the customs and traditions of The Gambia to someone who has never been to The Gambia.The costoms costumes in The Gambia are nice like the traditional dresses. Some of the traditional dresses are made out of different thing http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-398367.html i've handwritten 10 pages of my 12page paper so i feel comfortable using this time to add this entry. kate's not procrastinating whati started a new project. which reminds me...how's everyone coming with those SCHOOL SUPPLIESi taught grade 6 yesterday afternoon...4 boys and one girl. i showed them my passport and taught them the starspangled banner. then we did verbal for all of 15 minute http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-396775.html Let me give you an overview of my last two weeks hereDue on May 13 A 12page ethnology project5 2page essaysDue when i get back to Maacama3page selfevaluationInternet Cafe hours106 SundayThursday104 Friday113 SaturdayMy ScheduleToday Tuesday 55School from 830630Wednesday 56School from 8307Thursday 57School from 8302 and then probably about three hours at the internetFri http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-396508.html so i typed this whole thing yesterday and it was super long you'll see by the end. and then when i tried to publish it the internet died. and the entry didn't save. yay my life. so here we go again. Friday afternoon i went on a quest for the Omega church that christian had told me about. i got lost a few times and finally found some kids who were really excited to show me where it was. they hel http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/North-Bank/Farafenni/blog-394669.html as the rainy season approaches it is SO HOT here. i used to have to wear a fleece at night. now i sleep on top of my covers. i forgot to put this in my last entryon tuesday when mr gaye was talking about pollution he talked about the dumping ground. for those of you who aren't in the gambia i guess that's everyone the dumping ground is literally a giant field full of trash. it's the gambia's http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-393518.html so i have this new thing where i like to walk. and it's working out quite well for me. after the internet yesterday i walked to the bank. i ran into two peace corps. one was named maggie and i forget the other oops. they told me that a bunch of peace corps were coming in that day and would be around all week. we exchanged numbers. then i went to the bank and got D5000 200. on the way to my http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-392771.html i believe i left off at the philly cheese steak that's something you don't hear every day. after lunch we parted ways. i went home and then out to the tailor's. i still needed to get my charger back from el boy so i went to his compound but his mom told me he brought it to aunty isha's compound. so i went to aunty isha's compound and she told me she told him to bring it to pipeline. so no luck http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/blog-392380.html once again you guys are slacking in the comment departmentso friday afternoon i went over to njareh's. we went to her uncle's house to drop off a bowl and i played with a puppy. he was a domesticated puppy and was so cute. i spent so much attention to him that he tried to follow me out of the compound when i was done. then njareh and i walked to the beach. we were trying to find crabs but all we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-392150.html This entry dates to Thursday April 9 and again is pretty much straight out of my journalI woke up thursday morning and mr jobe was right next to me. i shot out of bed and went to the bathroom. when i came back he had stretched himself across my part of the bed. i took the towels off the chair and sad and read my book until he woke up. we got ready and the wife brought food. we ate and left. we http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Senegal/Cape-Verde-Peninsula/Gor-e-Island/blog-391258.html so this entry dates to April 8 2009. again almost straight out of my journal.so on wednesday April 8 i woke up at 830 and took a shower which basically consisted of washing my feet since my hair was in braids and i didn't want to get it wet. the wife of the guy we were staying with brought us breakfast which consisted of bread and butter with some weird coffeetea concoction that was pretty t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Senegal/Cape-Verde-Peninsula/Dakar/blog-390899.html country number 6 if you count the united states. this entry dates to April 7 2009 and is pretty much right out of my journal.i woke up at 6 am ate breakfast had coffee finished packing and cleaned my room i do that now. by 630 which Mr. Jobe told me he was going to pick me up i was ready to go. mr jobe arrived an hour late so i read The DaVinci Code until he got there. he arrived a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Senegal/Cape-Verde-Peninsula/Dakar/blog-390550.html so on saturday night Jarry and Fatou Ngoneh were getting all dressed up. they asked me if i wanted to go to Laila's pronounced la la birthday party. laila is in grade 2. she is from sweden and turned 10 on friday. so i said sure.by the way i'm currently in senegal and the keyboard doesn't make sense. the q and a have switched the w and z have switched the m is after the l and the comma pe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-388790.html so in my last few minutes of interneting on thursday i heard screams coming from the building next door. then a guy rushes in and says Gambia got another goal it's 31 i guess they were in the finals for the african U17 which is this huge african football tournament. so i went home and watched the final moments. basically Gambia won and yesterday was declared a public holiday. why don't the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-387597.html PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT1. BUY ISHMAEL RIGHT NOW. if it's sitting on a bookshelf somewhere because you've already read it lend it to a friend. it's one of those books that the entire human race needs to read.2. the address you should send school supplies to is my address at home in the states. if you know it awesome. if you know my mother ask her. if you don't know either send me a mess http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-387062.html And here we are again. I've been here for a month. Can you believe it i couldn't. so what's happened this past week hmm...well last time i updated i was at a new internet cafe. it was all great and dandy and cheaper than the previous one. but it was WAY slow. and then one of the workers started hitting on me and asking me if he could help and i kept saying no what could he have possibly helpe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-385536.html It's been a while. Sorry. So last Friday i worked in Grade 4. I taught and such. Not very eventful. Although Mr. Jallow is the best teacher i've seen here. he loves what he does and he makes things really interesting for the kids. it's really great to work with him. in the afternoon i was in drama club. The Norwegian woman Cece wasn't there so i taught it myself. first i taught them zingamama http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-383406.html On saturday at 2 Njareh picked me up and took me to Banjul. The city itself was nothing spectacular but we went into the market. IT WAS HEAVEN. fabric store after fabric store after fabric store of beautiful african fabrics. i bought a ton of fabrics for under 100 and am probably going to get them made either tomorrow or saturday. on sunday i woke up to the sound of women laughing and talking in http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-381171.html That's my name and it's been so worn out.so let me explain some things because it would be easier to reference people after they've been explained.the respectful way to address an authority figure is by calling them Aunty if they're an unmarried woman Mrs. if they're married and Mr. if they're a man.Aunty Bin is my homestay mother and founder of the ABC learning center. two of her sisters are A http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-379115.html so remember how last entry i talked about how Njareh was going to take me out on saturday night well she showed up at my house at 945 in a dress and heels and told me we were going dancing. first we went to a little restaurant so i could get some food pizza and we talked about life and such. she told me that we were meeting the boys after. the boys were her 27yearold fiancee she's 25 Adama http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-378561.html