Hey everyone! Africa is awesome. When I first arrived in Conakry it was overwhelming...we got off the plane into thick humid air, gathered our tons of luggage in the tiny airport, and piled onto a bus to go to the Conakry PCV house. I looked out the window at the crowds of peoply in the busy neverending marketplace that is Conakry...old and young people selling fruits, vegetables, fabrics, soap, pots and pans, meat (freshly slaughtered), cheap flip flops, used clothing from the US, and just about everything else. A "store" could range from a mat on the ground from which a [View Full Entry]

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This week was our Site Visit, a week of from classes to travel to our future homes. I have been assigned to the village of Kourou, in the middle of the country in the mountains. We left Forecariah on Saturday and headed to the capital, Conakry, for the night. We stayed in the PC house in Conakry for the second time since our arrival. The first time was the night of our arrival from the US, and the PC house seemed kinda hot and crowded but bearable. After four weeks in Forecariah, the same house seemed like an immaculate, cool, spacious [View Full Entry]

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