First From The Gambia

Hello all. I have arrived in The Gambia, and it is a completely different world. I don't even know how to describe it. Everything is different. I don't yet have any pictures, i've just been trying to take it all in, and adapt to the culture, and just to get used to the things I see around me. Generally the Baha'is (at least the pioneers) live in houses surrounded by walls that are little pieces of almost-western civilization, but still not quite. Once you get out in the surorunding areas, a lot of people are extremely poor.
Gas is not always available for the cars. There are only about 4 or 5 gas stations in the area, and they seem to tend to all run out of gas at the same time. They are always busy too. Big line ups at all of them.
The flights here were long, but fine. I didn't have any problems anywhere along the way, and all of my bags arrived. It will be a few more days before I really get settled in and get to the place I will be staying long-term. This will be nice because then I will be able to settle into a routine of my own.
The biggest difference for me is that there isn't any hot water. Which means that showers happen very quickly.
Will post again when I can, missing you all
-Liam