Gaisuwa(Sannu) This is greetings in the language of Hausa, one of the main local languages in Niger. After a week in Niamey, we drove northeast in a taxi Toyota van. We piled all of our bags (10) on top of the roof and left for full days drive to Galmi Hospital about 400kms away. Galmi Hospital is about 100kms west of Maradi on the main highway. On the way, we stopped at a park and we made a deal for a guide to come with us to find Giraffe. It costed 2000 cfa's(5 dollars) per person, plus tips for the guide. We took the guide in our van to show us where the giraffes were. When we got close to where he thought they were,he crawled on top of the roof with an old stick to show us where the giraffes were. At first we couldn't see the giraffes they were hiding behind the trees. I didn't think giraffes could hide behind trees, because there weren't many trees there like at home. At first we only saw 2 giraffes, but as we looked harder we saw 10. There are only 60 of these giraffes in Western Africa. We were glad to see 1/6 of them. Hi! to all of my classmates back at school.
More of my moments later...Matthew
2 comments:
Hey Matthew!
That is SO cool that u saw ten rare giraffes! that must have been so cool!
Do u play soccer a lot?
It must b so different!
i hope i can go 2 a different place someday, meanwhile, i'll b doing missionary work IN North America!
Dawson and i have been playing some hard core basketball here in Calgary and Dawson's also into hockey (as usual! yawn!!!), right now Brooklyn is playing soccer and Lovin' it! Basketball tryouts are tomorrow and i am SO excited! i'm trying out with my friends, they're really good!
Tell Sarah to write 2 me at
little_miss_swatter@hotmail.com
thanx,
-kennedy
oh, by the way, i'm quite sure dawson would like u 2 e-mail him 2, his is
seawatterd@hotmail.com
THANX!
write 2 u tomorrow!
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