I'm in Africa......

The flight to Senegal was quick and easy and I arrived in Dakar at 5:30 am. I got my stuff, went to the smaller terminal and proceeded to wait 8 1/2 hours for my flight to Banjul. There is Nothing in the Senegal airport. Well there are a few metal chairs and some guys who speak French. I had to wait till 9 am before I could buy my ticket. A super nice airport employee who spoke english helped me buy my ticket, check my bags, and ran around the airport for me finding $7 in change that the cashier guy would not give me after I had to pay for my heavy luggage. He ended up taking francs from the guys who wrap your baggage in plastic. At 10:30 I moved to the gate where the chairs had cushioning! Oh and AHCers will be happy to know that Hilary's face even appears in Senegal. The flight was delayed for two hours while I slipped in and out of conscienceness. When I finally made it to Banjul it was raining and actually not that hot. I was brought to the students' compound. They all started drum lessons yesterday and I'll be joining them tomorrow for my first drum lesson on the beach : )

Then I'm off to the National Park to start helping out on some monkey research.