So Ill tell you more about school...I have about 3 classes each day and I go for a stright 9 hours. Ridiculous I know. THere are required classes that all the students in my program have to take together and those are mainly about the country and customs. Im learning more and more about the Koran and the Muslim culture. LIttle things that may be strange to do at home but absolutely necessary to do here.Lord knows Im trying my hardest to do the right things here s...

Rest assured: Everyone I am very safe here in Senegal. Dakar is a very large and strange city that I have to get use to, but I have been safe, every step of the way. Whenever I walk around town I have at least 2 friends with me...Yes, it is a developing country that is unknown to many, but it is also an amazingly beautiful country, where people smile at every corner and greet me in my neighborhood. And yes, the occasional Senegalese man will come up to me to talk...

I just wanted to announce that I was able to navigate (by myself) through Dakar to find my school! Its about a 45 minute zigzag walk, but it usually takes longer because I try to greet people in my neighborhood in French or Oulof....Asalaam a lakumm?..or how are you today! bisous, Martha ps. I went to Just 4 You bar last night because they have live music every night. I had the smallest but strongest margarita of my life and sat back and relaxed the chill atmos...

Hello Everyone! I have arrived safely in Senegal! After 40 hours of traveling and long lay-overs, I flew into Dakar around 12:30am on Jan. 21. It was all a blur to me in the beginning, especially because it was now time for me to speak my broken French as much as possible. Korba picked me up from the airport and was holding a sign with my name on it so I could easily find her. The problem was, after leaving the tiny airport and stepping into the humid night, ...