Felix travels to Senegal

My cousin, Rachel, is in 2nd grade at a school in Pennsylvania. She recently asked me to help her with a project her class is doing in order to learn more about the world & geography. These days, the kids read a story about Felix, the rabbit, and the adventures he takes around the world. I think it used to be Flat Stanley that kids would send around the world, but now it happens to be Felix, the rabbit. Well, Rachel sent Felix to me recently and I had the privilege of taking him with me on a couple adventures throughout Senegal these past few weeks. I thought I'd share some pics of our adventures...

1. Our first adventure took us to the village of Ngonine. Here we are with our friend, Mami...

2. Then we headed to the beach! This is the Atlantic Ocean, from the African coast (not NJ)...

3. The ocean water was really cold, so we opted to lounge by the pool instead...

4. This is the bus, called a Ndiaga-Ndiaye & pronounced "jig-n-jive", that we rode around in from one adventure to another (it's a very popular form of public transportation for the Senegalese)...

5. Here we are with many of the children we played with in the village of Baback...

6. We also attended the Sunday church service at the church in the village of Baback...

7. It gets really hot in the village, so we had to make sure that we drank LOTS of water...

8. And, we all know that when you drink lots of water, that means you eventually have to use the restroom, right? Here is the bathroom that we used in the village of Baback...

9. Felix got to work with Dr. Inez Stoltzfus as she helped villagers in the village of Diandoum who were hurt or sick...

10. The village of Diandoum is a Serer village so most of the people do not understand English, but instead speak Serer. Jean-Baptiste was the translator that helped Dr. Inez to communicate with the patients who came to see her. Felix also got to spend some time translating with Jean-Baptiste...

In the process, Felix learned how to say "Thank You" in Serer...

Jook a jal