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Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul March 28th 2009

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 helped me with?). then he asked for my name and e-mail and phone number and where i was staying and how long i was going to be here (didn't give him anything). then he tried to give me his phone number and e-mail address. i tried to ignore him and acted pretty coldly to him, but ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul March 20th 2009

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" which they loved. then i taught them lion face lemon face to exercise their face muscles. then i taught them about improv and we spent the rest of the club time playing "bus stop." They had a blast. After school Jarry and i went to Marina to see Aunty Bin. She's the head of marina, which is an international school with ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul March 12th 2009

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 Wolof. they were outside making donuts for the Gamo. i went out and helped them. they had a huge pot of vegetable oil over a fire and were taking chunks of dough and putting them in. then they took the donuts out when they were ready. that's all their was to it. we made 4 giant tubs of these donuts. that ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul March 5th 2009

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 Aunty Fatou and Aunty Ngoneh. Aunty Fatou lives with us and makes food for school lunches. Aunty Ngoneh is the head of ABC 1 (nursery school through grade 2) and her daughter is Fatou Ngoneh. Jarry is my 20-year-old homestay sister. Aunty Bin adopted her about a year and a half ago. her family lives in some other part of Gambia, but Jarry ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul March 3rd 2009

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 9:45 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 27-year-old fiancee (she's 25) Adama and her 23-year-old brother Cheron. we met up with adama and got a taxi to Senegambia. tourist town!! there were so many white people that i felt like a local. we got into a reggae club for free because we got there early. then Cheron arrived and i went down to meet him. we spent the ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul February 28th 2009

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 the end of the three weeks it was time to go to africa. at 2 am on wednesday morning, Sam drove Liz and I to the sonoma airport where we caught the shuttle. liz was dropped off at hawaiian airlines first and then i was alone. i got to the united terminal and slept. on my flight to Washington DC i sat in front ... read more

Africa » Gambia » District of Banjul » Banjul February 22nd 2007

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 veranderd en hebben we wel een visum nodig, das een tegenvaller, we nemen een taxi naar de Ambassade van de Gambia, ook hier houden ze vol dat we echt een visum nodig hebben. Gelukkig gaat het relatief vlot, we moeten er een uurtje of twee opwachten en het kost 45 euro, maar goed rond twaalven kunnen we richting garage Banjul. Als we ... read more




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