Almost a real volunteer

I am back at the training center in Rosso now for a few days.  On the 28th we will be sworn in as volunteers, and then on the 30th we all leave for our permanent sites.  I just had my language test, which I think I passed, so now I am at intermediate-mid level in Hassaniya, according to the Peace Corps.  Leaving PK-10 was sad but it was probably time; we had started playing hangman pretty competitively...

My family's baby goat agrees to sit for a photo.

One night after a soccer game a couple of us hiked up to the highest point in PK-10.  This is a view of one of the greener regions of Mauritania-this is less than 10 kilometers from the Senegal River.

This was my home-stay family's present to me before I left.

My room at my home-stay.  

Who are those mashasha's?

My site-mates and I got together and combined our food to have an American feast.  The highlights were powdered mashed potatoes and cheese/tomato/Pringle/Tobasco sauce sandwiches.