40 days
9 km of dirt road to Keur Samba Guèye
1 herd of children
1 farmstead
An infinity of sky
1 new name
1 Papa showing off his American daughter
1 Maman laughing in the courtyard
2 sisters whispering jokes before bed
50 frogs gathering nightly
3 roosters less 2 for dinner
7 sheep
6 goats
10 chickens
4 cows
1 calf (4 wobbly legs)
6 pigeons
1 parakeet
1 Madame chat (4 kittens, 8 blue eyes)
100,000 peanuts
80 wrestling sessions with a mosquito net
Uncountable bug bites
6 week internship
1 midwife, 2 nurses, 3 technicians, 1 pharmacist, 2 secretaries
100s of patients
1,280 doses of antibiotics
1,845 doses of NSAIDs
75 birth control devices
501 doses of antimalarials
5 weekends adventuring (+1 day of hooky)
4 more passport stamps
6 moto rides
7 feet of Black Mamba
5000 cfa phone credit
242 pictures
36 journal pages
1 damn good time
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