Peace Corp Journey

Thank you for following me on my Peace Corps journey to Niger Africa. I appreciate the abundance of support and well wishes and hope to share with you a little piece of my dream. Join me on my 2 yr adventure as I show you a whole new world!

Please be aware that all the views and opinions on this blog do not reflect the Peace Corps or the United States Government and are my perosnal memoirs

Monday, November 8, 2010

On The Road!!! ( For Real!)

Week 3 in Niger and so far I am still here! I have been steadily learning the language and getting to know my host family which I enjoy hanging out with. 
Despite the language barrier we still enjoy eachother's company, I spend my nights teaching them dances like the cupid shuffle, playing cards or playing with the kids
or listening to my roommate Chelsea's mp3.  They even gave me a new name, Jamilya Boba, which mean big Jamilya, since my 10 yr old host sister  My typical day starts at sunrise,
I am usually woken up by the lovely sounds from the chorus of animals I live with including 2 new baby goats, a couple of sheeps, and a handful of roosters. After my
daily bucket bath I head out to the local market to get breakfast; ranging from fried massa (millet and flour balls sprinkeled with sugar ora pepper sauce) to sulanni
(liquid yogurt in a bag) or my favorite, sandwich kwai (egg sandwich w/ onions and pounded peppers in a baguette). My days are usually filled with language and culture
classes outside followed by dinner with my host family which has been variations of rice!  This week was dmystification, which is really a fancy word for visiting other
Peace Corps Volunteers out in the field.  I traveled to one of the other major regions of Niger called Dosso, where I spent 5 days with a great PCV who showed me another side of Niger
that is not quite like my village.  I actually got to go to a pool which was very refreshing, reguardless of how many bugs might have been floating around in it with me lol.

This experience was one to be remembered and gave me a lot to look forward to in the next upcoming years.  There is more to Niger than what meets the eye at first glance and I hope I can show
all of that as well.  Although I still can't speak Hausa or French I have been learning so much more without it so imaginge the possibities once I have both languages mastered.  This was a short entry but until next time enjoy the pics!












Toi sa anijima!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

On the Road!

Unfortunatley I had technically difficulties posting, so until when I return I will put up pics and the blog I actually wrote before it was all deleted!