One week has gone by!

I have been here over a week, mad, seems like years already we have settled in so much.

The group who started with me are great, one is from Ireland, one from India and the others are from England, though one was brought up in Swansea! :)

So who are they? Well in no particular order we have:
Catherine from Dublin who is going to teach maths in Brikama college;
Daniel  - Catherine's husband who is here as an accompanying partner (or kept man!);
Liam from Brighton (but of Swansea upbringing) who is going to live in Brikama and will be a primary teacher trainer;
Shomita from India (Calcutta) who is going to be a Disability advisor somewhere in the Kombos;
Zakia from London, who is going to be in the Kombos as a primary teacher trainer.
Mary (of linked blog Mary in the Gambia fame) who will be a management advisor in the Royal Victoria teaching hospital in the Kombos;
Rob whose English origins are unknown to me, but is going to be a national volunteering advisor at the Ministry of Education again in the Kombos;
Suki who will join me in Kerewan and is from Birmingham, she is going to be a primary teacher trainer;
Chris (tine) from the Watford area who is a retired headteacher and going to be a education advisor in Soma / Manse Konto;
Lamin who is originally from the Gambia but more recently of Germany / Netherlands who will be my counterpart (IT trainer) in Soma / Manse Konto;
Sarah from Durham who will be a primary teacher trainer based in Basse.

I feel lucky to have such a great group, we all get on well (so far) and I think most of us will stay close during our placements and afterwards.

The week has been mostly paperwork, briefings and language training, though yesterday we had a workshop with our employers, who were all nice and welcoming.

Today some of us visited Serrakunda market the largest market in The Gambia, it was a bit hectic, and we had a bit of hard sell from some traders, but was overall a great experience.

As we say around her "Fo nyaato!" (Till later)