And then there was 28 and etc

Well it seems its for real...we have finally lost one of our G17 members. Sorry to see ya go Dave but its your life and I can't fault you for your decision. You will be missed and Haute won't be the same without you.

Wow its been awhile since I posted...
Let's see after Swear-in we left Conakry on the 8th got to KanKan in 14 hours (not bad or so Ian says). I think its around 900kilometers? I could be wrong but 560 miles in 14hours?! In America it would take like 30 minutes!!..37 if theres traffic pfft. KanKan was fun but only got to stay for a day ;(

On the 10th we packed our choses and we were off! Sajay, Nick, Paul, Sacha, and I were the first to leave and reached Kissi fairly quickly. My installtion only took an hour or so, getting my baggage off the SUV took longer then meeting officials. You think they would put my stuff on top since I'm getting off first? Nope this is the Peace Corps we dont roll like that. They put my stuff at the very bottom of the stack, just brilliant! And I'm not complaining the Peace Corps has a system of doing things and it only makes sense if you think real long and hard.

My first week at site was interesting...not many crazy stories or funny stories or crazy funny stories. Just a tussle with some carpenters, not only they got me to pay more...they had me wait longer they our set date and they had me carry my goods to my house! They know how to run a business, they don't need me to do anything for them what am I doing here? Home Depot can learn a thing or two from these Guineans. Mostly I read books, you can read a book real fast in Africa, I think its something in the water. I burned thru 3 in my first week, I gotta slow down or I'll be out of things to do.

My second week at site...which from my counting started last tuesday and has been a lot of fun. I've been getting visitors everyday or every other day ( I lose track of time here, I'm not saying it goes by fast cuz it doesnt) It's always fun to get Americans in town to just talk to.

Had my first African rain storm a few days ago, it was really really loud. I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't worrying so much about my roof leaking. I woke up every 30 mins to check my ceiling.

So being in Asian in Africa...boy I thought it was bad in the States (I kid, but not really)
I'll write about it some other time, I'm all blogged out. Your curious aren't you tho?? Admit it you want to know haha well you have to wait!

Lazy

I lied about continuing the last entry, I'm too tired and lazy to write stuff. So I'll wait once I get to Kissi to write blogs. Hope everyone is doing well, and for those of you asking what I want sent...Nothing right now but thanks anyways. I'll be leaving for Kankan tomorrow (regional capital) and afterwards officially installed at my site. Yesterday's swear in ceremony was fun, we had a BBQ tonight we got to meet the ambassador and other important peoples. Well I'm going to get off since theres people waiting to use the computer.

Adios

PST over, Swearing in tomorrow

Tomorrow I will be swearing into service and offically becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer. I passed my language test and I don't remember what I posted before, but for my program (SED) the minium level is intermediate high to swear in. Coming into Guinea I had no french but I did manage (barely) to pass, and its pretty crazy the amount of French I have learned in about 8 weeks of class. Something to be proud of I guess, and even though training was mostly boring and sometimes fun, I at least learned some French...I will continue this blog but I'm late for dinner.