Tomorrow we should be in Guinea. We fly out of Dakar early tomorrow morning for a short hour and forty minute flight to Mali. While in Mali we will buy groceries and whatever other items we will need that won't be available in Guinea. We're not quite sure what to buy as we don't really know what cooking in Africa will be like. I, at least, am looking forward to learning how to cook over here using new ingredients and new methods.
Today we went down to the beach. We have some beautiful pictures of cliffs and waves (and some of our trash covered pathway down to the beach), but it seems we discovered the first thing we forgot to pack: our camera cord! Hopefully we will find a way to post pictures soon.
We looked at buying cheese today, as there won't be any available in Guinea, but it was $13 for a pound of Gouda... so needless to say, we decided to forgo cheese for the next few months! And chicken breasts are $7.50 a pound and deli ham $10! I think our diet may change. :)
But... there are some things we get much cheaper... Brandon's new pair of Ray Ban sunglasses were $2! A loaf of french bread is 25 cents! And you can take a taxi 50 miles for $3! And of course you are curious about gas prices... roughly $7.75 a gallon. And you guys thought you had it bad!
The low part of the day was when I saw a dog on the side of the road who had been hit by a vehicle. None of the Africans seemed quite as concerned as I was... probably because dogs roam the streets here in the way stray cats meander around neighborhoods back home.
-Hannah
Africa just isn't the same without the Gouda! But classic Damm getting the ray bans. And by diet changing, do you mean consuming meat in mass portions?
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