Saturday, November 26th, five of our volunteers took a trip out to Djoudj Bird Sanctuary, located about an hour and a half north east of Saint Louis. We got an early start, leaving at 8:00 AM, so we could arrive before it got too hot and all the birds were hiding in the shade!

En route, we saw plenty of warthogs, and our guide, Babacar, found a python trail which he followed a ways to see if he could find the giant snake!...Which he did not! (Dare I say thankfully!!)

Upon arriving, we hopped into a pirogue and took an hour and half ride on the river in search of wildlife!

Babacar pointed out plenty of different types of birds, but we were most mesmerized by the pelicans. We first saw them flying through the air,

and a little while later we turned the corner in our pirogue and saw hundreds and hundreds perched on a landing, sun bathing!! It was really a sight to be seen! Pelicans upon pelicans!

After our pirogue ride, we drove a short while to a Pulaar village where we installed and had lunch! We ate sandwiches and lots of fruit which we shared with our hosts! We got to play around with the kids and enjoy the laid back and jovial atmosphere of our host village!

Nog 2 maanden en 4 dagen!!! Ik sta te popelen om te vertrekken naar Ghana.

Alle rekeningen zijn betaald, alle data liggen vast. 2 februari stijg ik om 17u op en 3 februari kom ik vroeg in de ochtend aan in Accra.

Ik ben benieuwd!!

Just a quick note in response to some criticism I have received.

This blog is more for me then the people reading it. It contains my thoughts and feelings as they rush into my head and has not been written to be a professional piece by any means. All entries are written in a race against the clock on dodgy computers, with even more unreliable internet, and I don't have time to review and edit any of what I write. Infact I haven't read over a single thing yet and probably won't until I get back to Australia.

So please ignore the many, many spelling and grammatical errors or simply ignore the need to inform me about it. Thank you.

J'ai fait honneur au patissier de "Comme à la maison"

Søndag den 27.11.11 klokken 23.01

Vi stod som sagt som til et dejligt solskin, vi lå i sengen i en times tid før vi stod op. Vi spiste morgenmad. Pandekager med frugt og en ananasjuice. Men jeg havde det lidt underligt, så kunne ikke spise pandekagerne :p

Men godt var det!

Efter morgenmaden tog vi badetøj på, smurte os ind i solcreme og lagde os i sengen for at slappe lidt af, vi fandt ud af at vi egentlig begge to var ret trætte, så vi tog os sgu lige en lur! Det er det fede ved ikke at være afhængige af andre, vi kan gøre hvad vi vil og vi kan gøre det når vi vil (:

Da klokken var elleve, måske halv tolv blev vi enige om at NU skulle det være slut med dovenskab, så vi pakkede vores ting, købte en stor vand og gik så ned mod stranden.

Det tog tre-fire minutter før vi igen lå ned, denne gang på håndklæder i sandet, så det var ikke den hårdeste tur i verden.

Her slappede vi bare af, med en bette svømmetur, solbadning, snakkede lidt med nogle ghanesere der kom forbi, købte nogle appelsiner og spiste dem. Ja det var bare afslapning.

Og SÅ skete det, en bølge kom, ikke en stor en, men stor og kraftig nok til at overskylle Tabis håndklæde. Jeg så den før den kom, så jeg reddede mit kamera og mit håndklæde, men posen med vores mobiler og Tabis kamera blev ramt. Alt var helt sandet til og det virkede ret uoverskueligt, så vi gik hjem for at prøve at fikse det.

Det fungerede selvfølgelig ikke.. Det hele var ret træls og ingen af os var i ret godt humør. Vi tog et bad, der var ingen elektricitet og så virker ...