Here it’s the rainy season

It rained so hard last night I thought the roof would leak. This morning while driving to work, I could see washed out streets and people huddled under grass thatched huts with no walls cooking on an open fire, trying to stay dry. A young girl was tying her baby onto her back while three little naked kids stood next to her standing in the down pour rain, waiting for there millet cereal and slice of baggette. A motorbike pulled up to me while I was at a stop light. The passenger was a beautiful young woman holding an umbrella over herself and the driver. Three young children were turning over their donkey cart and climbing under to stay dry. Even I got wet just walking the short distance from the parking lot to my clinic. My nurse, Amina came shortly after, drenched to the bone, so happy and all smiles because of the rain; lifes blood to Niger.

On Saturday night, we went to the Grand Hotel to sit on the veranda overlooking the Niger River and have a few drinks. They offer brochettes (grilled beef on a skewer) with a salty spice powder you dredge it in! The Nigerian beer goes well with it. It has two giraffe on the label. We watched a beautiful sunset and Stefan played on the play structure there. Camille was invited to a sleep-over and didn’t come with us this time. The hotel has wireless internet so we took the laptop and sent a few e-mail. Also snapped a few pictures with it. A slice of heaven!