Another great day in Guinea.

I really didn't think I was giong to be writing on my blog that often but too many exciting things keep happening that I feel I need to share. lol.

Today was a good day. We started the morning off bright and early with our medical training session that included a discussion on the health issues we need to be cognizant of while in Guinea. Malaria is a big thing here and it's vital that we take our medication regularly. Word on the street is the malaria meds are pretty strong, they sometimes cause nightmares and in the worst cases hallucinations. But those happen very rarely. It's also vital that we drink clean water. Not to grose you out, but apparently catching the runs/ diarrhea is very common among volunteers too. So as a prevention measure to some of the medical issues, each volunteer is given a Medical Kit that includes everything known to man kind. I've never seen a med kit like this in my life! It has everything! On top of the kit, each volunteer will be issued water filters for use at our training site and final post. Training for that will come later. I almost forgot. We have shots too. Today was typhoid fever and there are only 12 more shots left to go! lol. It sound like a lot, and it is, but trust me it is all necessary.

Anyway, after medical sessions we had our French language interview, which is basically a little test to see where our french is so the language trainers know which class level to put us in. I think I'll be in the remedial class. Just kidding. The interview was okay. But I'll find out tomorrow where I'll be.

After language interviews all of the volunteers and staff met on the roof for a party! It was fantastic! There was a live Guinean band there and dancers! They taught us all how to dance! It was sort of comical but so much fun. I hope we get more opportunities like that when we reach our sites. I don't know how many of you listen to Guinean music but what we heard today was spectacular! So beautiful! I wish everyone I know could have been there.

So after training and all today a few of us went out to the beach behind the compound and played football and volleyball with the local people. It was so great. The local people are very friendly and very competitive. I'm sure I'll be out there again tomorrow.

Anyway. Below are some pics from the last couple days. Hope you enjoy!

Sunset in Conakry.

First steps in Guinea. My new friends (from the left Carolina, Valentin, Jesse, Kim, Jon, & Rachel)

All of us crammed into the Peace Corps van leaving from the airport on our way to the compound.



Conakry.

An amazing Guinean band that played beautiful music from our roof top.