3 - 5 December - Sepopa!

3 December

Gumare – Sepopa

50 Miles

Erik:

We woke up to some hard rain. It was doubtful weather or not it would pass, but it did and we rode out at about 9 am. We wish Jeff all the best. Seriously good guy. Even if he is a steelers fan. It was quite windy and we were a bit rusty from not moving for a while, so the ride was slow but ok. About an hour out of sepopa a french family stopped and gave us cold water. It was very nice. They were traveling around with their daughter for about 3 months.

Got to Aimees at about 3 pm. We walked down to the delta to check it out. Very, very pretty. Reminds me of the everglades in florida... except here there are hippos and elephants. We followed up with a very tastey dinner prepared by chef Aimee.

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4 December

Sepopa

0 Miles

Erik:

Lazy day. The general store was completely useless. We just vegged out and watched some movies and slept.

Steph:

Aimee had to work most of the day. That girl is amazing. She's also from Arizona and is super fun. Another fine example of a Peace Corps Volunteer. Sepopa is a pretty small village and like Erik said, the grocery store isn't exactly well stocked. There's sugar and maize and sometimes onions. That's pretty much it. No vegetables, fruits, anything that you can make into a healthy meal. The next closest store with these things is an hour away. So the big thing that Aimee is working on right now is to organize a Farmer's Market. There are a lot of small farms that people use primarily to feed their own families. But this would be the perfect opportunity for them to make some extra income and for the people of the town to have fresh produce on a regular basis. It's such a great idea.

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5 December

Sepopa

0 Miles

Steph:

Today was also very chill.

We met Theo, the manager of Swamp Stop, the place that is taking us to the island on friday. He picked us up to go to Shakawe and Choppies (grocery store). What a hilarious guy. He was born in Botswana, went to school in South Africa and has travelled extensively all over Africa and some of Europe. He's 22 years old and runs the place on his own but is also a total kid. Very charming and fun.

Aimee, Erik and I hung out at Swamp Stop all afternoon. It's a beautiful place. We discovered a wonderful tree with a wonderful fruit. We asked everyone on the ground if they knew what kind of tree it was and nobody knew. Not even Google knew. But it was delicious fruit. They were the size of cherries and incredibly sweet and tangy. We looked pretty cool walking around staring at the ground looking for the not rotten ones. For at least an hour. Aimee is going to plant the seeds when she gets back to the Sonoran Desert and have awesome tropical fruit forever.

Good times.

Then we went back to her house and made AMAZING PIZZA!! So good. We concluded the night watching How I met Your Mother. 

Suit up Ted!