The first shot is of the car broke down in Saint Louis. We had to jump start it and then it started overheating while we were stopped to eat breakfast on the side of the road. So I couldn't turn off the car until we got somewhere where we could get it started again. So I got in and drove in circles around downtown Saint Louis as fast as I could to get it to cool off (with the kids in the backseat), while Ngone finished her breakfast. Then I did a drive by and picked up Ngone and Kevin and we hit the road across the bridge to the gas station. Luckily traffic wasn't backed up at the bridge construction as it usually was. This shot is at the mechanic across the street from the gas station. He asked for 5 dollars for repairing the radiator hose and recharging the battery. Then we were off to Boukhou, where we push started the car to get to the baptism in a remote village where you saw me trying to get a push start in the previous post. Once we got back to Dakar we figured out the problem was the alternator, and got that replaced for 40 dollars. Car parts and labor are two of the few things that are still cheap in Dakar.
The other pictures are from the baptism, which was in the village of our nieces Nana and Oumya and nephew Pape's mother, Ndeye Diouf. Ndeye has run restaurants in the streets of some of the roughest parts of Dakar. Nana was always the waitress and cook's assistant, and the food was always excellent. Now Ndeye cooks for a Lebanese family. She's a very hard working and very nice lady.
No comments:
Post a Comment