Giraffe hunting and Hippo hunting!! We've seen both in the first week of our African adventure! The hippos were seen from a boat on the Niger River, and the giraffes were on the trip to Galmi. They are the last of the wild giraffes in West Africa, and we took a guide who found them for us while we were driving. There were 10 giraffes in total and the guide showed us how to carefully and quietly approach them. We got so close!! Two of the giraffes were pregnant, and there were 2 babies.
We are now in the Galmi Hospital compound. It is very windy and dusty here, and the temperature is about 30-35 C in the day, and it cools down at night. On Monday we will be starting school again, along with working in the village schools, and on the compound. The trip from Niamey to Galmi was rich in sights - camels on the side of the road, African villages with women pounding millet for their suppers, markets filled with people bartering, goats everywhere, and women carrying anything and everything on their heads. Niger is an amazing country to experience. We are so happy to be here.
