desert




















me in the desert



















looks like Mars a bit, I think

















a bush with flower-like things; a true rarity here

















Josh

notice how no one is smiling? yeah, that's typical.















view from a mountain (well, large hill, really) we climbed
























another view























looking at stuff

















Josh

Josh and Boo, our host brother















some girls who hang out with me















the view from my door















my room: bed, clothes, etc.



















water filter, more clothes, pictures and stuff

rush hour in the village





















Ameinatu, my host sister, made me take this picture of her like this






















some kids in front of the fields




















Ameinatu and Timba. They both know how to high-five now, no big deal.

These kids built a car track of some sort in Josh's front yard and it was pretty sweet.

I seriously love this kid. His name is Samba and I might take him home with me.

These are pictures from the Mauritanian Independence Day. I've become my village's official photographer so I had to take a lot, which did work out well. It was really cool to see how they celebrate their independence day - there were aspects that were similiar to our 4th of July, but it was definitely different.