Tag Archives: Mini-holidays – Eating sugarcane (see Friday’s entry) My sisters sitting in the cab during out day out on the town (see Saturday) At Mahendra Pul (see all entries, though this photo was taken on Saturday Well, I am winding down a wonderful 4 day vacation. Yes, I have not been to school since Thursday – and I […]  This is a picture of myself with Ali (our Mauritanian tour guide and friend) in front of the bridge which links the mainland to the island portion of St. Louis.  The morning we left St. Louis, we ended up having to take a pirogue across the river. We had spent the night on the island, but in the morning the bridge was up for some boats. Apparently, this isn’t a common happening, so the entire town of St. Louis was watching the phenomenon. The pirogue […]  This was a beatiful sunset off the coast of St. Louis, on our way to Mauritania. St. Louis was the former capital of Senegal.  These were the families I stayed with in Mauritania. The one on the left was the family whose home Sahnah and I actually at. In the middle, with the glass in front of her face, is Mamsi, and on our laps are two of her 3 children. On the right picture are the numerous kids, […] |
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