Phalanges!

Me shaking a croc's hand at Katchikali.

I went to Tendaba Camp for the weekend and loved it! Chirsty brought the UTG and SMCM students there so that they could do a butterfly mark and recapture lab, get field experience and just mingle. Tendaba Camp is upcountry in a village right on the water near Kiang National Park. The camp was beautiful with docks, gazebos, mangroves, mudskippers, golden orioles, starlings, and of course lupa lupas. Everyone got a swanky room with their own shower. And for one night I didn't have to sleep on the floor. I had such a great time with the UTG students- drinking ataya with them, listening to music, talking about religion as usual, watching a really terrible Nigerian movie...My favorite thing is that one of the guys high fives me now by shouting "PHALANGES!"

At night Christy, the Abuko guys, the UTG students, and I went on a walk in the bush at Kiang Park. It was so dark at night in the country so the stars were beautiful. A lot of the students hadn't walked in the bush at night before and were scared; one of them was even carrying around a log so he could defend himself from hyenas. We didn't see the animals because they heard us coming but we heard the hyenas calling and the guinea baboons throwing a fit. I think they were mad that we bothering them so they were SCREAMING. It was such a crazy sound to hear while you are standing in the dark. When we got back on the bus to go back to camp they all thanked Christy for the wonderful experience and said that they have been learning so much. <3>

A lot of the students would like us to stay and they told me that they are going to find me a job and a place to live = ) One boy even told me he's going to get me a goat.

Went to Senegambia last night with some people after we got back from the field trip. Hung out on the beach, went to Reggae night, stood in the ocean at 1 AM with all the stars out and thought about how awesome Africa is.