I'm sitting on the beach of Ile de Goree with everyone else. Pretty neat. Ile de Goree is historically a slave trade island off the coast of Senegal. Our group toured some museums and walked around a bit.. At one point, we were walking in a building that used to hold slaves, les esclaves. It was so not real, but real, to walk in a room where people used to be held prisoner. It was quite sad. The island is so beautiful but the events that took place here are so tragic.
Other Things:
I "marchandayed" some and got a cool necklace.
We're leaving in half an hour on a ferry to go back to Dakar.
I finally have some real homework!
But as for me, I'm doing alright. This place is like Distraction Land so I don't miss Portland too much. There are times when I wish I was playing the drums or guitar or walking around Portland with Nsayi. But that will come soon enough.
Oh one more thing!
I also got some cool percussion instrument that I'll learn soon enough. We're having a music and dance class in about a week so my music craving will be satisfied.. yesssss. Gonna learn some African drumming- Senegal style. Until next. xo.
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Et quand ils verront quelle talentueuse musicienne tu es! J'espère que tu auras l'occasion de faire un "boeuf" (Jam session in French) avec des musiciens locaux!
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Kathi, Hi, this is Judy Booth. Your Mom gave me your blog site. Please keep writing - do you have any photo's to post? I know it can be difficult in AFrica to get thing like photo's to download.... I'm so envious of you being there and so happy you get the experience. Discovering Urban Africa is quite a jolt - not like we expected. I'm proud to know you. Take good care of yourself and stay away from mosquitoes.. Judy
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