http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Gambia , District of Banjul , Banjul en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 10:40:09 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 10:40:09 +0000 Chill day. So many hustlers saying ldquoremember merdquo. Saw some crocs and bought some more books Also saw a pack of gay dogs fucking each other. Off to Dakar tomorrow. Also man am I bad a pingpong Oh yes at a museum I saw an exhibit that presented both sides of the story of female genital mutilation Fuck moral relativism That shit is wrong http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-410983.html Well a rather long day of travel from Cap Skiring to The Gambia. Early rise thanks to Simon 530 and on the bus at 630. I hope he didnrsquot expect any cash At the Gambian border I got pulled in to the border guards office for my ldquoaddressrdquo. It soon became clear that I wasnrsquot going to be allowed to go anytime soon. However I wasnrsquot in a rush. Neither of us were willin http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-410640.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 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 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 ArrivalTo most British tourists The Gambia a former British colony which gained its independence in 1965 is an easy accessible package holiday destination a step but only a small one above the bucket and spade destinations offered by Spain Greece and Turkey. Oddly though it also has a shady reputation as a country where middleaged white women can meet young Gambian men. Rather like their http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-391076.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 Slamalikum That's Wolof for hello. i'm learning wolof because the official language here is english but everyone speaks wolof anyway. so california. a good three weeks. two trees fell down across the road we did a sweat lodge hung out ate food and did inner journey stuff. we had a lot of fun. marin corinne and zoe turned our cabin into a fort and we slept underneath it the whole time. at t http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-377520.html De volgende morgen moeten we weer op tijd weg. Ik ben als eerste wakker en spring rond acht uur onder de douche we zetten alles weer op zijn plek in de woonkamer en rond negen nemen we afscheid en gaan opzoek naar een telefoon we willen voor de zekerheid toch even de Gambiaanse ambassade bellen om te checken of we echt geen visum nodig hebben. Volgens de dame aan de telefoon zijn de regels vera http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Gambia/District-of-Banjul-/Banjul/blog-134539.html