Not having been able to get on the internet or on a computer at all for quite a long time due to bad powercuts means I have quite a lot to write this time! Hopefully it will last long enough to get a bit of news out to you all. It's been dinner by candlelight and breakfast by candlelight as they sun doesn't rise until I'm cycling to school these days which is a bit of a pain for the shower but it means sometimes there is a stunning sunrise on my way to school whi...

Hey, lots more photos added today! No time to add anything just yet. Take care x

Happy new year! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and made some good new years resolutions for 2011. We're back to school after only a week of holidays this time and it's back to the grind. Started off the holidays with a visit to Aicha's sister in Dakar for a night before caching the ferry to Ziguinchor on Christmas eve. The ferry was pretty much a european ferry complete with cabins and ham and cheese baguettes. My first proper sandwich in 3 months and it wa...

Christmas in one week and we're trying our best to get into the christmas spirit. Louise, Mohammed and I spent Thursday decorating the cherry tree in the garden with snowflakes, paper chains and concertinas. It looks pretty but it's certainly an alternative christmas tree! I've also been busy making christmas cards and this afternoon we're off to Mbour to buy a few bits and bobs. I think we'll substitue stockings for socks filled with pastries (oh Louise just pho...

And we're into December! Time really is just starting to fly by. Louise and I have a divine chocolate advent calender sent over especially which makes dragging ourselves out of bed every morning a little easier and the prospect of papaya for breakfast this morning made it all worthwhile. Yet again there are more strikes so I'm off school but hoping that we won't be disrupted much more. The kids forget everything you've taught them between lessons and sometimes I ...