Its official, Eddie just bought his plane ticket to come visit me in February!! I am so happy right now i cant take the huge grin off my face!
All of PC Mauritania goes down to Dakar for Presidents day weekend to participate in WAIST, a big softball tournament with expats in west africa (including all the PC west africa countries). Its the weekend that PCVs here in mauritania look forward to most because its a huge party/vacation in the most metropolitan city in west africa. Dakar also has the cheapest flights into west africa so eddie is going to fly in the day after the tournament ends, feb. 18th, and i will already be there to meet him! We are going to spend two weeks traveling through senegal along to coast north and south of Dakar. unfortunately, mauritania is just too far away and it is not worth the time, effort, or money to travel all the way to show eddie my site. also, mauritania requires a visa (while senegal doesnt) so we're just going to stick to traveling in senegal.
we have only started to plan out exact places that we want to go/things we want to see, but right now it includes Dakar, Ile de Goree (known for its role in the slave trade), Ile de n'Gor, Saint Louis (old captial of colonial french west africa), Le Parc National de la Langue de Barbarie, camel rides and camping in the desert, and Toubab Dialao. Im trying to make sure eddie gets to see a lot of traditional africa along with the more touristy things.
Im so happy that i will get to see eddie in only a few months! I am also starting to look for flights to come home this summer after my school gets out, so probably sometime mid-july.
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