home in Hutch

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hi! my sister just got back from Quito, Ecuador, and sent out a bulk email to let people know she was home. Well, I've been back from Africa for about two months, so I guess it's about time I do the same, just in case anyone thinks I'm still abroad.
And here's some more pictures!

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Photos

dancing in the back room of the mutual
that's my Kaolakoise host mom, Astou, in white on the left. She was the president of the mutual where I worked

Mutual Teranga
sitting in the lobby of the mutual after work with Dame and Alassane. Yep, all the walls were pink!

Mutual Teranga
having a couple afternoon glasses of attaya (senegalese tea - yum!) with my manager, Nene

village finance meeting
some of the beautiful women of Ngathie and Gahone getting a loan from the mutual. Some of them had their lips and gums are tatooed blue as girls. Also intricate hairstyles like these were popular.

village finance meeting
These two are loan officers. I worked a lot with Leoni (in teal).

Pappa Seye
with my host dad in the courtyard in Kaolack

Kaolack
evening view from our rooftop

Awa and I
my big sister Awa and I in Kaolack, back at home after a wedding party

Kaolack
a griot (traditional storyteller/musician) at the wedding.

Kaolack
Awa and I attempting to make some African-style pizza in our kitchen at Kaolack

Ceebujen!
Eating that delicious senegalese rice and fish with Tamsir and Awa

Kaolack
on the road outside of Kaolack

Touba
girls outside the mosque at Touba

spring break
getting ready to wash our horses after a coastline gallop in Cap Skirring. I look like a little boy in my helmet.

spring break
view from the patio of our hostel, which was called "Le Paradise"

Antonin
with my host dad in Dakar before my flight home

Rosa
with my host mom in Dakar