I know Niger has a reputation as being one of the hardest Peace Corps posts, but so far my time here has been really good. I am already feeling much more at home than I ever did in Guinea, perhaps because the landscape is more like New Mexico, or perhaps because I have already adjusted some to living in West Africa and so now the transition doesn’t seem so scary. For whatever reason, I am feeling pretty positive.
So I’ve spent almost two weeks here now, and I have take a whole lot of language classes and even spent a few days in village with another volunteer. It appears that I will spend between a week or two more taking language classes and then I will go to my site.
And speaking of my site, I’ve been hearing all kinds of rumors about it, such as that my road floods every year, that it has lots of mango groves and gardens, that it is right on the river, and that there are sand dunes near by that can be hiked. In short, it seems pretty awesome.
There are some potentially negative things related to the last volunteer, but I think that will all be immaterial.
Anyway, again a short post. I will one day be all settled and be able to delve into things in more detail.
