banjul, the capital

new pics.
They are from our trip into the capital. We went on top of this really weird and random arch that leads into the capital. but its a sweet view. I wasnt too impressed with banjul to be honest, but i dont think we saw much of it and we kind of had an agenda. First was the big arch and then the national museum (very subpar) and then the market. Market was good but we only had half an hour so it was pretty much a tour then go. Afterwards we came back to the house and had a discussion on "gambian culture, ethnic groups and ethnic relations". the main ethnic groups are Mandinkin, fuller and jolla(think thats how its spelled). They all get along very well actually.
Afterwards we had two peace corps people come over, the female has been "upcountry" for almost 2 years. they got electricity about 2 months ago for the first time and she said that after turning on a light, there is nothing really else to do with it. Apparently electricity reliability has increased a massive amount in the past 6months. we only have blackouts for about 30min a few times today. i dont think we actually had one today. The guy, it pretty much the opposite end of the spectrum was all into the developing IT. The country is really trying to connect itself to the internet and technologies in general and thus the world i suppose. cyber cafes are everywhere but there are still people at the university apparently who have never even seen a mouse until they get to a computer lab. Well they hung out and ate dinner, but then just wouldnt leave basically. I think they liked our house and kind of wanted to stay. fine with me, we played some drinking games for a while and it was a good time.