pools are nice

Back from Bamako (where I swam three times in less than a week). How was it? Bamako was great, training was pointless. It happened pretty much just as I planned. I knew training would not be helpful to me and it wasn't. We ended up spending three days doing top well repair- something I have no plans on doing in village. And it was bloddy hot in Bamako. I had to skip out one day to hit the pool in Bamako- and boy did it hit the spot. I didn't realize how much I miss my friends from other regions. It was really nice hanging out with all of them and acting silly for a week. One of the highlights was traveling in Peace Corps transport, so instead of traveling in a hot cramped bus for 8 hours, we spent 4.5 hours in a comfprtable, air-conditioned SUV. Let's see what else... there was a party that the Marine's threw for us, complete with pool, beer and karaoke. Saturday night a bunch of us went out dancing. I'm gonna miss everyone, but it looks like we'll be getting together for the 4th of July.
I had to say goodbye to one volunteer from the Sikasso region today. Sara's going home next week, she was an inspiring volunteer and a great person, I'll miss you Sara.
Going back to site tomorrow.... so yeah.... not really much to say about that. I'm going to get PHAST ready again for this weekend.
I got a package from UOP peeps, thanks you guys, much appreciated!