A quick hello from Niamey! I spent the last few days with a Peace Corps Volunteer at her village. She has an amazing site, and gets to work with ICRISAT (International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), so we went and grafted Pomme de Sahel trees and got to see all the work they are doing to improve crops in Africa.
Thanks for all the bday wishes! I had a great day, we packed up a picnic lunch and walked 7km down to the Niger River and ate under some huge old mango trees. It's surreal to see so much green, when the villages that we've been staying in are so dry.
Well, off to eat lunch and then back to my village, so no internet access for a while. Sorry this blog is a bit sub-par today, I stil need to organize my thoughts before I can really write about what has been going on. Africa is beautiful, hot, dusty, everything I thought it would be and nothing that I thought it would be. I have seen amazing sunsets, and goats strapped to the top of bush taxis. Live goats. I'm learning Zarma, which is something that I never thought I would say. I love it. I'll try to answer everyone's emails when I'm back and have more time. Love to all! chan