Once again this week was spent working with the garden and GamMol in Sanyang. We have been doing similar work to what we have been doing in past weeks and spent the end of the week wrapping up our work with both organizations.
On Wednesday night we went to Kora show in Sanyang with two of the Peacecorps volunteers that we have met here. A kora is an instrument with I think 21 strings and is fairly common throughout most of Western Africa. The person who plays the instrument is typically referred to as Jali Bah and apparently the performer we saw is supposed to be the best in the Gambia so it was pretty cool to be able to experience another part of the culture here. Unfortunatley I was only able to experience about an hour of his four hour show because as I have found all evening events start at around midnight and I typically go to bed around 11 so there was no way I was going to be able to make it until 4 am! Luckily I was able to hear it from my bedroom for most of the night which was a nice change to the donkeys, goats, roosters, cats and various other animals which usually "sleep" about three feet from my window.
We finally moved for the last time on this trip today! As much as I have enjoyed staying with the family in Sanyang and the unique experiences that I have been able to have there, I am always happy to return to Fajara where there is running water and slightly more reliable power!
Before we left the family invited us to come back for Aminata's 4th birthday celebration on August 2nd so I think we will have one more chance to see the family before we leave for home. It will be hard to actually have to say good-bye to them the next time we see them because every other time we have left we have always had plans to return for another stay or at least a visit.
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