Good Vibrations

Ok round 2 on posts
This is a quick popenguine blurp, since i was just there for my volunteer visit. Eventually I am going to try and post a seperate page on it because there is loads to tell about the place. My ancien is pretty cool and we spent ,ost of the time meeting everyone he has gotten to know well. He made some pretty good friends so that will be a nice transition for me. I live with the president of a really impressive women's group so I will be able to learn a lot from her. Also I am littereally a 5 min walk from the beach and 5 mins from the reserve. There are 3 restaurants right around me too that are all run by french ex-pats, so that will be great for practicing my french. They also will hopefully be good women to just talk with when i want to be a little more western. I live in the ex-pat part of town but am really close to the regular village and my ancien has a lot of cool friends there. in particular he plays bocce ball with an artist, a tailor and a really good musician. They are an pretty cool group of guys and I am really looking forward to working with the artist. He also goes fishing quite a bit with a few of the people in town which will be fun.
As far as work I will update more later, but there seems to be a lot i can work with. I'll take over his projects with the campement, hopefully do some more artistic things with is. I can also work with the wonen's group, the local school, USAID in the area and there is a Microfinance org in town too. That is just a quick blurp but once i am in Popenguine with internet full time I promise to keep things update better. Also I will eventually be able to skype. In general I am super excited the only bummer is that i may have trouble cooking for myself. I only have my own room in the house and I was hoping to be a little more seperated but I'll adjust. I also, after hearing about everyone else's visits and slitghtly bummed I am not farther out in Senegal. Being on the coast is great but kinda easy, which may sound dumb, but i was looking forward to the idea of a hut out in a small town. I may just be thinking this now because one girl has a site in village that is completely animist and there are chimps in the area. I have serious site envy with that one, but I know things will be harder for her so i can't complain. It is just with the ex pats in my area I am a little worries I'll come away not feeling like I really know the country. I am sure I'll eventually regret saying this later, when I am having a tough time, so take this with a grain of salt. It is just hard to imagine I will have that rought of a time when I can think things out on a beach.......here's hoping I'm right.