Well I’m here in Africa. There is only one paved road in the Capital of Togo which is Lome, The first few days have been interesting. I have had to get four shots since being here and Im on Malaria meds which are supposed to give you some pretty wild and vivid dreams but I have not had any yet. Im going to move into my training village today for the next nine weeks. Im really looking forward to that because it will give me a good idea of what life in Logo will be like when I swear in as a volunteer. We had dinner at the Country Directors house and the U.S Ambassador was there and she was very gracious for the work that volunteers do here and she wishes that the Embassy could do more.
I arrived here with 33 people ranging in ages of 22 to 28. I know it is not very diverse even by Peace Corps standards because they are pushing for more and older people to serve. We are from all over the country though and there are a couple people here with Chicago ties and one kid even has the same Chicago stars as me. They seem really great and when we were in Philly a few of us even got into a bear fight ( I guess that will be the first inside joke between us…he he he)
Since being here we have been called Yovo countless times which mean white person here. Its not that derogatory and its mostly little kids who say that. Some of the current volunteers don’t like it and others don’t mind. It doesn’t bother me…..yet. My training village will have internet but the speed will make dial up look like DSL . I hope to stay in contact but if you don’t hear from me for a while its not because I don’t miss you its just that I have VERY limited recourses.
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