Aforementioned Links About Mauritania

3 Days to go until Stage in Philadelphia, and I can barely contain my excitement. At the same time, I have a 5+ page long packing list and an 80 pound limit on my luggage, somehow these two don't seem to meet in the middle.


I am posting these links so that all my readers can get a rough idea of what I'm getting myself into. They probably do not account for about 98% of what I'm about to experience in the coming 2 years. I find that to be the best part!!

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/D8OAOT3G0.html

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/17/fat_in_mauritania/index.html

http://lexicorient.com/mauritania/

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5467.htm

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/mauritania/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/791083.stm

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Mauritania.html

12 Days and Counting...

Here is my address in case anyone would like to write to me or send me emergency supplies during training:

Heather Wyllie, PCT
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 222
Nouakchott, Mauritania
West Africa

**Please note that padded envelopes work best, don't declare a value on the package, and try to wrap the package up in tape so I can tell whether its been tampered with. Also writing PAR AVION (airmail) has proven effective according to past volunteers**

I also cannot begin to mention how unprepared I feel as the days to my departure wind down. I guess the best thing I can do is enjoy home as best I can, and make the most of it as I'll be missing it terribly, soon enough.