Togo!!

Hey Ya'll!

It's been a busy week in hospitality, hence my lack of blogging. Since we arrived in Togo 1 and 1/2 weeks ago, there have been new arrivals coming non-stop, and hospitality (the department I'm in) is in charge of welcoming and preparing rooms for new arrivals. It's really fun to watch the ship fill up with new people. We just got a new roommate last night. She's from North Carolina and her name's Stephanie and she and I bonded about how we have both been to Malibu, the Young Life camp :).

We are in Togo! And the city is so interesting. Women carrying bowls of fruit on their head and baby's on their hips, African men ask you to marry them on the street and people drive crazy here! It's also ridiculously hot and humid here. You go outside for 5 minutes and you are drenched in sweat.

There is a small market near our ship and here are some photo's I took when we were out the other night-

My photo's uploaded backwards- but here is the sunset near the market

Me and some of my roomies at the market

People carry stuff on their heads everywhere!

And babies on their backs. African babies are cute.

Mom, I took this chicken picture for you- there are chickens everywhere here and they are really really scrawny

The Togolese drive these little bikes called zemidjans (pronounced "zimmijon") everywhere and they are crazy drivers!

More to come soon (ish)!

Love,

Caitlin

Getting to Togo.. slowly but surely!

Hello blog readers!

Today we are still at sea. We have about four more days until we arrive in Togo and I am very ready to be there! Initially the sail was really rocky, almost to the point where it was just funny. I was on the internet a couple nights ago, facebook chatting with a friend, whilst my computer keyboard and the chair I was sitting on swayed back and forth.. haha.

Well, now things are much calmer and the sail is actually quite peaceful. The work load for hospitality (which is the department I work in) is really light during the sail, so I've had a lot of relaxation time, spending time with friends, reading, getting to know the ship better, etc. When we get to Togo the work load is supposed to really pick up, which I am excited and also nervous for!

Here are some pictures that I've taken over the past week and a half: Beginning with the airplane flight to Tenerife:

On the dock in Tenerife- The Africa Mercy behind me: Here is the town, Santa Cruz, it was about a 20 minute walk from the ship in Tenerife and we had to walk about a mile down the shipping dock to get there: Some friends and I went to a city up further in the hills of Tenerife called La Laguna: Leaving Tenerife for the big sail: Some pictures of the beautiful atlantic: Me and two other girls in hospitality made cards for random people on the ship and we delivered them with bags on our heads to be "anonymous" Here are some of my roommates about to watch a movie- my bed is the top bunk: Ok, well that's enough for now! Hope to keep you posted more often! Love, Caitlin

Getting to Togo.. slowly but surely!

Hello blog readers!

Today we are still at sea. We have about four more days until we arrive in Togo and I am very ready to be there! Initially the sail was really rocky, almost to the point where it was just funny. I was on the internet a couple nights ago, facebook chatting with a friend, whilst my computer keyboard and the chair I was sitting on swayed back and forth.. haha.

Well, now things are much calmer and the sail is actually quite peaceful. The work load for hospitality (which is the department I work in) is really light during the sail, so I've had a lot of relaxation time, spending time with friends, reading, getting to know the ship better, etc. When we get to Togo the work load is supposed to really pick up, which I am excited and also nervous for!

Here are some pictures that I've taken over the past week and a half:


Beginning with the airplane flight to Tenerife:




Here is the town, Santa Cruz, it was about a 20 minute walk from the ship in Tenerife and we had to walk about a mile down the shipping dock to get there:




Some friends and I went to a city up further in the hills of Tenerife called La Laguna:



Leaving Tenerife for the big sail:


Some pictures of the beautiful atlantic:


Me and two other girls in hospitality made cards for random people on the ship and we delivered them with bags on our heads to be "anonymous"




Here are some of my roommates about to watch a movie- my bed is the top bunk!





Ok, well that's enough for now! Hope to keep you posted more often!


Love,

Caitlin