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just got back from the grannnnd excursion today. even though we were traveling in a huge pack (which i was dreading), it ended up being a great time. we went to segou, djenne, the dogon hills (sangha) and mopti. i looooooved the dogon hills especially. if anyone wants to come with me next time i go back...

basically the hills are these huuuge rocks that you can hike through and people live in them and the area is sooo remote and beautiful. for the most part there is no electricity, so at night you can see a bazillion stars. i slept out on the roof both nights even though it got really cold. it was soo wonderful. since i only have a few minutes left of cyber, im just going to highlight dogon country. basically, im ready to move there (sorry mom and dad). for the 3 days we were there i was at total peace and it was really perfect. one morning we got up early and went on a 5 hour long hike through the hills. there were tons of baobab trees which are the best kind of tree because theyre soooo huge and wise. you cant climb them though because there are snakes. but in dogon, every family has their own baobab and every baobab has a name! how cool is that?! malians dont even name pets here... just goes to show how great the baobab is.

another highlight of dogon country was attending a church service one night with a few other students. it was SO beautiful. it was all in the dogon language and the preacher sat among us and it was all done through song. really beautiful song. african church music...mmmm.

im in the process of trying to get some pics up from djenne and dogon (a lot, but just a few compared to how many i havent gotten around to putting up). OH ok ooooh it just finished yayyy! im going to send yall an email with the link to see my pictures because i dont really want to put them on this public blog.
hErE mogow (peace, people!)
bintou