Marek "Obama's" adorable shoes honor his nickname
Here he is with his jajaa and mum Marie-Christine, our maid who is possibly my favorite person in Senegal. Her family is christian and kept the pigs we bought for Christmas. When we found our butchering skills lacking, her husband came and saved us with his sharp knife.
New Year's at the Kafori waterfall. We meant to travel around the area, but once we got to this scenic spot, we couldn't leave. The waterfall rages in rainy season, but the trickle did the trick for this trip.
We brought a lot of food but still wanted to catch fish... we sort of did, but then it came back to life after baking in the sun several hours. I'm not kidding and I DON'T GET IT! Does this make sense to anyone?
To make ourselves feel better, we made a bonfire on water.
Here he is with his jajaa and mum Marie-Christine, our maid who is possibly my favorite person in Senegal. Her family is christian and kept the pigs we bought for Christmas. When we found our butchering skills lacking, her husband came and saved us with his sharp knife.
New Year's at the Kafori waterfall. We meant to travel around the area, but once we got to this scenic spot, we couldn't leave. The waterfall rages in rainy season, but the trickle did the trick for this trip.
We brought a lot of food but still wanted to catch fish... we sort of did, but then it came back to life after baking in the sun several hours. I'm not kidding and I DON'T GET IT! Does this make sense to anyone?
To make ourselves feel better, we made a bonfire on water.
A beautiful waterfall fell into a cavern whose stretching stone walls were lit and glowing. The fire sighed out sparks that floated up like fireflies to to inky blue sky to keep the full moon company. Happy 2010...
And back to the beautiful bump and grind...
And back to the beautiful bump and grind...
1 comment:
I missed you on New Years, Kate! But I am glad you had such an incredible New Years adventure at the waterfall. I don't know how to even compare our ordinary USA New Years celebrations (making interesting snowmen, etc) to your 2010 New Years experience!
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