Im beaching it!

so i will officially be living on the island of SanTiago in the city of Taraffal in 2 weeks! I will be working a little south of Taraffal in Colonato for an agicriculture association. They produce mandioc, tomatoes, peppers, covi, ect. They are a huge agriculutre association on SanTiago! They also make Grogue which is the main rum drank here on the island. it is made from sugar cane and is exactly like the cachaca i had in brasil, ha! not sure yet of my exact projects but i know i will be working with irrigation systems and implementing a greenhouse on the site. when you are in the field you can see the beach, awesome! Tarraffal is located on the north west coast and is the primary beach town on santiago. i will be only a 2 minute walk from the beaches! the beaches are white sand with pristine blue water and rock formations that reach out ino the ocean. lots of schooling fish swimming around, sea urchins and starfish! it is a great place to go snorkeling. the beaches also have small fishing boats where the local fisherman sell fresh fish of all different colors and species. my site is only about 15 minutes from the national park too!!

language is going great and i feel prepared to move to my site in 2 weeks. i will have two other volunteers living in Tarrafal too, Cameron and Niko. They will be living just a few minutes walk down the road from me. Both are teaching language at the schools there. my host family stay has been a great experience and expect to visit them throughout my service. as of right now, my best friend in Cape Verde is my 4 year old host family brother! talking to him really helps with my kriolu. here is an example of how kriolu goes: n kre kumpra porku dipos n ta poi porku baxu di bu kama. this sentence says i want to buy a pig and put it under your bed. its a running joke i have with my lil brother. good times.

thanks to everyone who as written me! once my pre service training is over, in a couple weeks, i can start writing everyone back! yall have no idea how much the letters mean to me!