OK - gotta make this one quick ... internet is slow and everything is taking a long time tonight.
The Gambia is great - albeit hot and humid. (Per the locals - cold)
Today we went to church - after arriving about 1.5 hours late ... we still got to experience the remaining 2 hours of the service!!! After church we went to McFadi's - the seemingly only Western style restaurant around. However, Mariata has been cooking the most marvelous meals at our house. We also went to Bijilo Forest Reserve and fed peanuts to very cute monkeys. (Raw peanuts/groudnuts actually taste a bit like raw peas ... I s'pose that's how they got their name.) We also went to a local (read: not-so-touristy) market and I bartered for some rappas (skirts) and a purse. Apparently I did not too bad.
Tomorrow the other pharmacists, Melanie and Tim, and I will be heading to the hospital in Banjul to begin our work there. Still not quite sure what we can help with. Steve, Andy and Alan will be heading to a village across the river to help with a water pump and other things.
Must go. Missing you all lots. Will come back to write soon (and post pictures hopefully).
monkeys, rappas, village across the river...this is getting exciting. hope the work goes well....