Picked up for our ICT and taken to a NGO building to commence our language training. Both Paul and myself split up as Paul will be teaching in Brikama an area where Mandinka is widely spoken and I will be in the Kombos where Olof is used. Started with the basics of greeting people and the formalities around this and what is expected of you. I found the language training very helpful and after three hours we had lunch. The rest of the afternoon I found very tedious and had to struggle to stay awake which wasn’t helped by the heat in the room. Finished off with a visit from a Doctor who talked about the risks within the Gambia i.e. Malaria, this was the longest day so far ending at 5.00pm. Abigail and Bradley had spent the day with Jenny visiting the craft market at the beach, both came home with lovely presents bought by Jenny an African dress which Abi wore that evening to dinner and a drum which Bradley enjoyed practising his jamming on.
Abigail's African Dress
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