My first trimester has successfully finished, after a 7-hour final meeting. Shortly afterwards I left for Ouaga for a wonderful Christmas dinner with 13 other volunteers. Then I spent a some time backpacking in Mali. We spent the first few days hiking along the plains next to the cliffs. Then we hiked up the cliffs and spent a few days hiking from village to village along the top of the plateau. My New Year's was spent looking out at the plains of Mali under a full moon, a most memorable New Years. Last week I was in Ouaga for in-service training and now I'm ready to go back to site and get back to teaching!
our adventure continues
and we're off
typical Mali house with a ladder to sleep on the roof
baobab trees
houses up in the cliffs
sitting on the edge of the plateau
just walking
watching the sun set on 2009
riding a camel
we made it to the dunes!
