Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Still in Praia...

I wish I could write and say I'm back in Maio but no dice. I'm still in Praia after a few days of Peace Corps running back and forth to the ticket office and trying to work their magic to get me a ticket. I now have a ticket for tomorrow morning but its been a rough week trying to get tickets to Maio. Our big festa is on Saturday and they just now added an extra two boats. So, this should be interesting.

I've spent the past few days visiting my host family. Michel and I played UNO about a dozen times a day, Fefeu really likes his toy dinosaurs that grow when you place them in water but was sad to hear that it may take up to 10 days to get really big. In other news, Ice, the roof dog, passed away but Fefeu has accumulated a new cat with my host mom sort of hates.

Since arriving in Praia on Sunday I've been hanging out with the other volunteers in town, spending way too much money on good food, watching movies, and this afternoon went swimming in the embassy pool. It was really nice but I'm a little stir crazy and am ready to back on my island.