rainy season came. it basically just means that the heat isnt around every single day. but its funny i never really liked rain before i came here, and its kind of grown on me. maybe its some sort of a contagious reaction, people here literally go crazy with joy whenever it starts raining. little kids run around the streets yelling and screaming; everybody sleeps good.

the owner of the house im living in came home last friday and we all went out to meet him. his name is abdoul doumbia and hes a malian musician who lives in the US, but comes home for a couple of months every year. just so happens that on the same flight was a group of americans who came to Mali to do a two week long projet, their group is called engineers without borders, like doctors without borders i think they are affiliated or something.