Rashes a plenty...

Well I have terrible news... I am allergic to the skin of the mango! This is a terrible discovery for me in more ways than one. It started out as a small rash around my mouth that I tried to remedy with a combination of hydrocortizone cream and benadryl. It has since spread to my cheeks, eyes, neck and now upper arms. Not to worry though, I spoke with our Doctor and I'm all medicated but just wating for the rash to subside. In the meantime im walking around looking like a pink marshmallow... and constantly being asked about my sante (or health). However now it is even more painful to walk around the mango filled city of Kankan, they sit there silently mocking from the bowls from which they are being sold, and from the heights of the trees where they sit just waiting to drop at any moment. How totally bogus. For the moment I am not supposed to be eating them, or probably even looking at them. After some time passes I will be able to eat them again, but someone will have to cut them up for me, good thing there are plenty of willing children that I can pay with candy.

In other news the Director of Peace Corps has made his way to Guinea. A few lucky volunteers are in Conakry wining and dining with him. He will also be visiting some of the site on the coast, unfortunately he won't be making it out to Kankan. Bummer. It is once again time for the monthly regional visit, a few fellow Hauters have made there way into to town and we'll spend the next few days as though we were in America though about a million times hotter. Zach and I are currently working on real work... well if you can call it that. In June he and I will be starting computer classes with our NGO so we're cooking up an action plan so that we're all prepared. Other than my rash covered body and the hot hot hot climate all is well. Mom and Dad, and Aunt Karen thanks for the mail! The charleston chews and trail mix...well I'll try to make them last, though I can't make any promises!