So I am in my last few days of classes here in Dakar! Tomorrow is my busiest day yet academically (yeah it is not quite as rigorous here as my classes usually are...) as I have a Wolof oral exam and a final presentation for Country Analysis. I should probably be studying now, but a blog sounded like more fun.
Monday morning everyone who is leaving the city for their internships is going to pile onto a bus and go on yet another Senegalese road trip to do the drop offs. And I thought that getting left at our host families was intimidating! It's going to be really scary watching other people get left all over the country, although I am fourth on the list so I won't have long to wait for my turn.
Today I found out that Mbam has running water (and I mean taps, not indoor plumbing) which is exciting because I probably won't have to haul my own water. Waly has told me that it also has electricity, which is excellent news. No internet, but apparently there is a big road running through town so it won't be all that difficult to catch a ride to a bigger city to get internet if I want.
Also we are trying to plan an expedition to the Gambia. I would be sad if I left Senegambia without seeing James Island! It may get expensive, but I think it would be well worth the adventure. And also expensive is relative. I am thinking in the neighborhood of US$100 and cringing. Can't imagine all those fools in Europe bleeding money. Many other students are much closer to the border than I am, so I think it is quite reasonable to think that I can do it if I can find a few days.
So for now I am just finishing up classes, buying enough toilet paper to last me 6 weeks, and celebrating by eating all the cheese and fruit my paltry budget can buy.
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