This week we've been travelling around on our tech trip. Thank goodness I don't get carsick! The drive is beautiful but the roads are very windy! We've gotten to see some lemurs and a national park in Andasibe. We headed through Tana and Ansirabe. Today we spent the day in Ambohimahasoa. It's been a fun trip because we've been getting our hands dirty learning about tree nurseries and working with communities and other fun things. We also got to see lemurs in Andasibe!!! Pictures will come soon but I don't have the technology with me to upload them. In the next couple days we will be in and around Fianarantsoa. We are going to learn about rice farming. Pretty important here since rice is a staple food.
The other trainees are all very cool with a wide variety of backgrounds. I have learned a ton in training. It's crazy to think I can have a conversation in Malagasy now when I couldn't speak a word of it 7 weeks ago! I am excited and nervous to head to my site in May. The north is supposed to be very hot! It's nice that our tech trip is through the southern part of Madagascar because after I am installed I probably won't get down here much.
That's most of the updates. Let me know about your lives and if you have any burning questions for me! Love.
Great trip. Thanks for posting on the blog and letting us know how you are doing. Congratulations at doing so well in the language in such a short time. We are doing well. Your Dad is off to MN today for seminar. Today looks like a beautiful day hope yours is as well. Love Christine
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