Halloween party!

This past weekend Boghe had the big Halloween party for PCVs in Mauritania and it was soooo much fun! We had about 50 people here for a full blown American costume party and it turned out so well! I was kind of nervous because that is a lot of people to have in town (think no kitchen to make food in, no real bathrooms, and a tiny house). We talked to the restaurant guy next to us and he promised to be open all the time for those 3 days (normally they are just open for a few hours at night) and we borrowed a bunch of matelas and lessos (sitting mattresses and floor mats) from my GMC. We also had some of the more crafty guys in our region rig up a string of colored light bulbs across from the regional house to the tree in our yard and back. We also have a homemade ping pong table that we won in a tournament against the region next to us during Halloween last year set up in the yard. It was like a garden party but in the African desert with cheap gin. We had a little preparty on Thursday then Friday was the big costume party. Below is a picture of whole group in front of our regional house and another of us all hanging out under the tree in our courtyard!

Me and my friend Julie Ann planned matching outfits, I was Sarah Palin and she was John McCain (she had shaved her head on swear in day haha). It turned out sooo much better then I thought it would and everyone totally loved it. All of the costumes were really funny and creative especially considering that we had to make everything or find it somewhere in the African thrift stores. Here are some more pics from the night!

all my sitemates from pk7 reunited!

it was still around 85 at sunset so the sweatshirt had to come off! i tried my best to stay in character...