Heeeeeeey, goat!

So I'm riding my bike down a heavily trafficked road the other day in the city of Tamba when all of a sudden the man in front of me almost eats pavement. His bike was sliding all of the place but he caught himself without ever actually stopping. He was visibly shaken by this and looked around to see if anyone else saw what happened. Just as he turned back around to look forward, he slammed into a goat that was eating something off the road. This is Africa.

A bunch of us came to the house this week to celebrate Hailey's birthday on the way to our language seminars. Andy came down from the north, which is exciting because I haven't seen him since we installed. Costa made the best black bean burgers the other night! Oh my! They were better than any black bean burger I've ever had in the States. He also made some kind of spring rolls, that were delicious. Austin made basil potato salad, a five layer dip and coleslaw. We feasted and it was AMAZING!!! I've been introduced to a website, "foodporndaily.com" that I drool over quite often. You should check it out.

Its rained a couple of times this week. Its cool but the humidity is out of control. It floods here during the rainy season and just the amount of standing water after a couple of rains is alarming because I know its going to be so bad once it starts raining everyday. I'm not looking forward to wading through muddy-trash-water with God knows what diseases breeding in it. From what I'm told, any little cut you have on your feet will turn into some festering sore. Mmmmm... jealous, aren't ya?

Oh, we've also been making "mango Ardo." Ardo is vanilla yogurt that kind of tastes like cake batter. We cut up mangoes and mix them into the Ardo. Mangoes here are like no other mango you can find anywhere else in the world. Its worth the plane ticket to come try them.

That's all I have. Sorry, it wasn't even anything exciting. I'm headed out today (with a PC ride meaning A/C!!!) to Kedougou for a language seminar. Not really looking forward to it, but hopefully it won't be that bad. I'm staying in another volunteers village until the 1st. Then I go to the city of Kedougou and meet up with all the people I've been missing so terribly from my stage! I'm so excited to see everyone!! Then we party for the 4th! All you can eat pull pork. Yes, please! Hope all is well Stateside. xoxo