Hello from Dakar! This place is fantastic and I love it. We arrived early Monday morning and stayed at the guest house of the National Olympic Pool for the night (all the hotels were booked) and then were taken to our host family houses Tuesday. My host family is Catholic, although 95% of the country is Moslem. My host parents are a young couple named Anthone and Rosa Sarr, with a 15 month old daughter Carol-Louise. Also two of Rosa's cousins, Paul and Nabou (both in their twenties or thirties I'm pretty sure) live with us, and there are two live-in maids, Anima and Valerie, as well. They are all so nice! I'd put a picture on but I forgot to bring the photo software disc with me today. I have my own room, and there
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