Niamey, Niger.

I am currently in a hotel in Niamey, Niger... and the reason being... well that is today's post:

I got into the Philadelphia last night at around midnight. In the morning I got up early. Ate breakfast and slowly began to become acquainted to the other volunteers that I am here with. Of which ALL ARE COMPLETELY AMAZING. I then finished some paperwork, got a yellow fever shot, and explored Philadelphia for a while, snapping some pictures of the Liberty Bell. We then went to the airport to jump a flight to Paris (which was delayed by an hour). After getting to Paris we then re-went through security and went to our gate. Where we waited some more. But that flight actually left on time. Where we then headed to Niamey, Niger to "make a quick stop to drop off some people" then on to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. But alas with my luck (or by some unbeknown curse) one of the engines on the plane had some trouble. So we waited on the plane for 3 hours to find out that we were stuck in Niger. This at first was awful, it was HOT and they took our passports because we didn't have visas. But we ended up in a nice hotel on Air France's dime. So everything is all better and tomorrow we'll be on our way to Ouaga!