the heat is getting to my brain!

Well it has certainly been a while, and I can't say that much has been going on. I know I should have a better excuse for not writing but... c'est la vie. Anyways life here in Kankan is getting hotter by the minute! I'm literally counting the minutes until the rainy season in hopes of some relief, and better sleeping!



I think I forgot to mention that I am now teaching english at the university here in Kankan. It's great. My students keep me on my toes, and exhaust me. But I am really enjoying it. I am teaching for classes of conversational english with a wide range of levels and various majors. They all would like to to know why I'm not married, what the difference is between like and love and does 60 minutes actually mean 1 hour...



I've spent a few weeks in Conakry, one week in March and another just recently. In March I went down to see the dentist, that was a lovely experience. It reminded me why I hate the dentist in America. But my teeth are health and clean, so no worries there. This past week was spring break here, so I took the opportunity to escape to Conarky again. Me and a few other volunteers hired a taxi to take us there, and me being the taxi snob that I am, that was only my second journey to Conakry in a bush taxi. Frankly two times is more than enough for me :)! Upon our arrival we went straight to the beach bar and hung out with the education volunteers, most of whom I'd never met. So it was nice to see some fresh faces. Jean and I ventured around downtown Conarky and discovered the best Chwarma in town.... and pastries for that matter. The place was owned by a bunch of Turkish guys and they invited us to eat with them, and even invited us to a "real" Turkish BBQ. Unfortunately we never made it to the BBQ but the invitation was really nice, and now every time I go to Conakry I can get some tea and a fudge and creme puff sundae.



As for now I am in back in Kankan and it looks like a totally different city! The government has decided that all stores, restaurants, etc close to the road need to be removed. So the streets have opened up and walls are being put up... I was only gone a week but it looks like a different place than when I left. They even repared the bridge that leads to Mandiana and Sabadou Baranama... change is brewing here in good old Kankan. Other than that I had my first non-haute visitors tuesday night, Katy and her friend Traci from America spent the night with me, and yesterday morning they whisked off to Bamako and then off to Kenya.



I wish I had more excitement to share with all of you but for now I'm waiting for classes to resume, and looking for a secondary project to keep me busy when school is out. I know I also forgot to mention that my official counterpart accepted another job, so sadly I have little to do with M.G.E. at the moment. I'm not abadoning them completely, no no, I am just trying to finish out the school year and hopefully pick up where I left off at MGE. As for the secondary project you all might be hearing from me soon, I'll be in need of your help for some of the projects I have planned. I'll try my darndest to keep you all informed more often. I haven't been taking many pictures either, I am such a bad pen pal! But I will try to take more as well. Until then...