Saturday night 7/5/2008

Last night we went to the Asstistant director’s house for the 4th of July party and met other PCV’s and heard some interesting stories from them.  Today was a very long day and introduction to the local language that we will be learning (Wolof).  We had our personal interviews yesterday for placement after 3 months of training and it sounds like i’ll be based in Kombo (next to Banjul).  I requested to be in a big city and they were very interested in me working for the media and also updating PC’s photographs for the office and other photo related projects….I hope that follows through but anything can change here in The Gambia!  Its been pretty humid outside, taking two cold showers really help keep cool.  We will be leaving to our designated training camps in the “up country) about 120 km’s from Banjul= no electricity, no internet etc.  I will be able to post again before I leave….after that maybe “no news is good news” once training starts which will last 3 months.  Then, we can finally say that we are truly PCV’s and not PCT’s.  Tomorrow we have some personal time and some people will experience the beach.  I hope everything is going smoothly with you all, I still haven’t bought a sim card for the phone but I will notify everyone the # and I will have it before PST starts next Wednesday.

PEACE!