"The · darkest · thing · about · Africa · has · always · been · our · ignorance · of · it"

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Well, tomorrow morning I head back (by land this time) to Gambia.  I'll be at a friend's house by dark, Inshallah (God willing, i.e. assuming our car doesn't explode or otherwise cease functioning), then will visit a few people and be back in village by Saturday.
I know I should post a more comprehensive post about my Senegal time, and I probably will in the near future when I figure out where Basse's last internet cafe reincarnation moved to.  But during my first long and lonely week here in Senegal, all I had was slow internet with a krazy French keyboard with all the keys moved around so half my sentences came out gibberish (and no USB port to transfer a blog post from my laptop to the cafe computer).  Then when I did finally sit down for two hours to write some exceptionally witty & moving entries, the computer was so overwhelmed with emotion that it promptly froze up and lost all my work.
On Friday, when the PCVs from the rest of West Africa showed up for our softball tournament, I moved to a cushy American expat house with wireless internet.  So since then, I've had speedy (better than anywhere in Gambia) internet, and can type on my very own laptop (with normal key layout!), but I've had no time to post.  It's been a crazily busy weekend, between softball games, eating amazing food (Dakar's WAY more developed than Kombo), shopping, dancing, and seeing the sights.  Not to mention getting to use my homestay's washer and dryer (something my clothing hasn't seen in nine months!).
So, apologies for the slacking off...  I think Mom might still have some of my pre-typed entries, so there'll still be regular updates here...  You'll just have to wait a bit longer before hearing the glorious details of Dakar (overpasses! purebred dogs! trash cans!).


Did I mention the donuts?