Marathon March
Peace Corps in the Gambia has a tradition of sending trainees on a 26k hike at the end of training. We set out early Wednesday morning with only a vague idea of what was in store for us. Long story short, what should have been a 26k hike involving crossing rivers, waist-deep mud, and quicksand turned out to be more like 40k, over half of which was spent wandering through tall grasses (well over our heads) trying to find the river. We're all a little worse for the wear today, with sore legs and various maladies ranging from sunburns to blisters to heat rashes, but we all go back safely with some good stories to tell. Here are a few pictures from it:
Group picture before the hike
Not a great picture, but evidence we saw baboons!
We saw a LOT of this
Picture taken from what is supposedly the highest point in The Gambia
Dirty and tired, but glad to have made it back
Seriously dirty
Also, I forgot to mention that before we left our training village, we found an awesome silk cotton tree and I also got my hair braided. I left the braids in until after the marathon march, almost a week. Here are some pictures:
3 comments:
You should have left the braids in, just like the locals who did your hair!
P.S. You finally did your full marathon. Wow- impressive trek!
Don't worry, it's rebraided now :-)
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