Please check out Cortney wearing the wax print fabric we found in Bamako :)
We had a huge cookout/potluck of traditional American food. I have to admit, it was so amazing that me, an 8 year vegetarian, ate barbeque chicken and hotdogs. It just looked sooo good! Also in our boredom, we gave everything on the menu American names like “Boghé Barak-otato Salad”, “Yes We Coleslaw”, “Alexander Hamilton Hell raiser Hotdogs” and “Boston Tea Party Cream Pie” (and yes, there was an actual menu written out and posted haha).
And what do Peace Corps volunteers do when they’re bored? Throw a no talent talent show, normal right? We started the show off with the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem and had 2 hilarious MCs cracking original Mauritanian jokes through out the night. Some of me and my regionmates did a MJ tribute with a dance to “ABC” by the Jackson 5, other people wrote/sang songs while others did summersaults on the ground ahahha (a very legit talent Amanda, Elise and Cortney!).
Not to be outdone, the talent show was promptly followed by a dance party, sandstorm, and then in middle of the night, a monsoon like rainstorm while everyone was sleeping outside. You never forget you’re in Africa…
Not to be outdone, the talent show was promptly followed by a dance party, sandstorm, and then in middle of the night, a monsoon like rainstorm while everyone was sleeping outside. You never forget you’re in Africa…
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Teresa, I found your blog looking for through the Peace Corps information. My son is also in Mauritania with the Peace Corps. His name is Zac Spencer and he's in a village near Kiffa. He too went to Mali for the soccer tournament and was planning on playing in the Peace Corps match. He also was going to be helping with the new volunteer group. As I was looking at your pictures of your July 4th celebration, I was wondering if he was there.
Please be safe and enjoy your time. Kim DeFur; My email is kimdefur@gmail.com.
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