Just to start out, this is the weirdest keyboard ever so please hang in there with my typing!
Im sitting here in computer place in Rosso. What can I even say to start... we have been here for a few days now, and it is amazing. Mauritanians are so nice and friendly, and the people i am with are great. it is super crazy hot and sandy, but at night when we sleep outside in out little mosquito net tent city it gets windy and cool and beautiful. we eat out of communal bowls with our right hands and so far at the center they have been ,aking veggie food for a group of us. it is so good! the bathroom thing you get used to... they use water in a little tea pot instead of TP and you squat over a little hole. the first time is daunting but after that it starts to seem normal. we have showers here but often no water in them, so i have been taking bucket baths. not bad at all really.
i wish i could put Mauritania into words. Rosso is considered a city rather than small town, but it is full of small, often crumbling buildings. there is no trash system so there is trash all over the street, and usually a few goats eating it. cars go along side donkey pulled carts. people wear beautiful clothes and greet each other for several minutes each time. nothing you would picture fro, this can capture ,y new home. i will put up picts asap. i love it here. i wouldnt wznt to be anywhere else§
ok this took about 20 min to type so i have to go. i have a cell now 011 222 459 68 91. all my love!
4 comments:
em em em
sounds better then organic farming!
but maybe not as great as disney land.
can't wait to hear more.
love
jesse
Hey Em,
Glad to hear you got there safe and sound! Sounds like you are in for a real adventure. In an effort to try to fully understand what things are like there I briefly experimented with one of your new customs. Unfortunately Keri walked in on me and I had to spend the night on the couch. As if that wasn't bad enough, I also have to spend money on a new teapot!
Keri and I are so proud of you and we love you. Go Yankees!
Love,
Matt
Emmy I miss you like whoa. Hanging out on the beach on Crete, while wonderful, would be so much better if you were here. I'm so glad you're loving where you are and the people you're with, and KEEP WRITING so I know you're alive and well!!
Hey Em-
Thanks for posting!! I'm so glad to know that you landed safely and are doing well. Also that the other PCer's seem great.....
Life sounds really interesting, and you sound like you know how to appreciate it- you're the best!!
Write more! figure out that damn keyboard!!!
much love, Laura
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