Last Post before IST

So, Conakry has been nice. I haven't been good about leaving the compound, but I've had a good time with people here. We did manage to go downtown and get food at Le Damier (super fancy restaurant where the amazing buffet cost $24 (most meals on the street cost less than a dollar), most meals in a regular restaurant cost about $5)). I ate way too much of everything (highlights included roast capon (fancy chicken), plantain chicken stew, crepe with chocolate sauce, mango/papaya/lime juice, capuccino with chocolate shavings, lots of small meat/vegetable/cheese filled pastries, a mini creme brulé, etc. We showed up early, brought magazines, and sat and chatted between plates for the 4 hours the buffet was open. It was a great experience, even if it cost 2/3 as much as my cell phone...plus it's not like I'll be eating any of that again until maybe the summer when we are thinking of organizing another trip to this place around the 4th of July when we're all together again.

Anyway, other than this, I've seen "The Dark Knight" (someone brought the DVD back from the states after going home for Christmas...great movie), along with like 4 other movies, and generally enjoyed my time here in Conakry. I went to the leb store and bought tahini so I can make tahini dressing to take over to the Shwarma guy for him to use in place of mayo next time I eat there...that will make a big difference, I also got some spices to take back to Bintimodia since the herbs and spices in Kamsar are terrible and expensive.

I've managed to get a lot of internet stuff accomplished, and even managed to upload a video to Facebook (and another one is in the works right now) along with about 60 new photos. I'll be leaving for Mamou in the morning tomorrow and probably won't use the internet much there since I've gotten so much done here in Conakry. I will hopefully post again next weekend from Conakry before heading back up to Bintimodia.