I'm getting used to living in Senegal. I feel that a place is like a home town when I get used to live in the place. What are good points about getting used to? One is becoming familiar. I could feel a place is home. One is Becoming better…

From a port town I'm staying for the first time. I walked around talking with people passing by. A student champion of Senegalese wrestling, a soldier, a fisherman, a madam buying fish, children playing on boats, a hotel man, all of them w…

During a long-distance trip between rural towns, a taxi I was riding stopped in the middle way because the car got a flat tire. Flat tires are so rare cases in Japan, but in Senegal, it will occasionally happen several car troubles, includ…

Compared to a month ago, plants have died and disappeared in one fell swoop! Currently I am in the "Dry season" with no rain. I recently bought and started using a blanket. I had been sleeping without anything over my body until recently. …

There is a drum in front of my house. (Left) This drum is a trash can, which was often fallen down and trash was scattered. That's why it had been removed for a while. (Right) The drum has returned! What a surprise, the red lid was install…

One of the rules for volunteers of JICA is the "Three-month rule." One states, "Volunteers must not move between cities for the fisrt three months after volunteers start living in each region (for me in Louga) ." This rule is designed for …

Japanese are "rare foreigners" in the rural town of Louga. This is oposite thing that there are few African in Japan. When I walk around in town, I can feel everyone's eyes on me. I can very easily. Whenever I pass by someone, eyes always …

I generally take the day off on weekends. The market is almost closed on Sundays. Looking down on the market from the second floor of the building. The market is made up of stores and stores crowded together. It looks as if there are no pa…

It has been raining recently. There is a premonition just before it rains in this area. First strong winds blow like a tornado for sure berore raining. The room I live in is on the third floor, and when I open the window, the sand comes in…

I happened to see a man who said, "I can teach you Wolof!" on the street, so I went to the house where he taught me. Later, I went to his house where he taught me. The person had gone to a countryside far away, and I could not see him then…

Rain during the day time was the first time since I arrived at Senegal. It's already passed about 2 months. First, a strong wind brought dust and sand into the room. Then, it thundered and heavy rain started in a flash. The power outage ha…

When I lived alone in Japan, I relied on eating out or prepared foods from the supermarket most of the time. It is one of amazing things about Japan that there are "Bento” lunch box shops and restaurants all over the place basically. I loo…

A tire is buried in the ground. When I walk around the town, I repeatedly see tires like this. They don't seem to be preventing cars from passing through. They seem to be just buried without any means. There are many children living in the…

I still don't have everything I need the living items because I've just moved to Louga town. So I'm looking for tools. Then, I bought a bed mat and carried it. First, I rented a taxi and had a driver put it on the top of the taxi. I usuall…