Gaining Weight in Dakar

So the best part about Dakar so far has been all the food! There's cheese everywhere! This morning I had an omelette with cheese at a cafe downtown. For lunch I had my leftover pizza and for dinner I had a panini with cheese. Now, the cheese isn't as good as cheese in the US but it's better than no cheese at all! Although the goat cheese I sampled at the giant grocery store was freaking amazing.

Ok so a word about the grocery store. It is called Casino, it is in walking distance of the Infirmary where I am staying and it's HUGE. It has almost anything you could want, except strangely missing were black beans (though I did find those at the little Indian store that is similar to a Lebanese store in Guinea). I bought some creme fraiche and it hits the sour cream spot for sure.

Tomorrow we are making burritos for like 20 people. It's going to be awesome. Oh and the first day we went and had Indian food buffet which was awesome and the only thing I would have improved was to have more paneer cheese in the mixed vegetable dish. I am still planning to have a calzone and ice cream but I have plenty of time to eat that and way more and keep gaining a ton of weight.

In general, Dakar is very different from Guinea, though I can't speak for the rest of the country. It has a huge ex-pat community so there are lots of white people, things are very clean, there are really nice, big houses, horses do work (we don't even have horses in Guinea), lots more restaurants, real bars/lounges, it's like we left Africa completely. I am glad I'm not here all the time, though, because it is expensive and kind of feels a little bit guilty.

Oh, PS, doctor said I need a root canal and will be in Dakar at least another week, maybe two. People at my site are going to think I died. I miss my dog.