Mail Run

Once every month or two, Peace Corps sends out a mail truck to deliver mail, packages, newsletters, reading material, project supplies, etc to all the volunteers in the country. After a year and a half on the waiting list, June was finally our turn!

We started in Kombo (the urban area south of Banjul where the Peace Corps Office is located), crossed the river at the Barra ferry crossing, drove east on the north bank road to Janjanbureh, crossed the river again there, took the south bank road east all the way to Fatoto, then worked our way all the way back west to Kombo on the south bank road. All in all, it took six days. Despite having our hands more than full with mail, I did my best to photo-document the trek to give everyone at home an idea of what life is like for Peace Corps Volunteers here.

Check out my pictures here: https://picasaweb.google.com/sgardiner84/PeaceCorpsTheGambiaMailRunJune2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCMj_-pSD06CITg&feat=directlink