fun times

So I'm heading back to my village today. I've had a really fun couple of days in Sikasso! The reason I'm heading back is because tomorrow is Mali's 50th anniversary of it's independence from France, so the whole country is partying it up. Tonight, the night before the big day, my village is having a big balofone (kind of like the xylophone) party. I've been told that all day tomorrow will be a party too, but I'm not sure what they have planned. I know that there will be a bike race on the main road, but since my village is 8k off the main road I won't be seeing that. I'm sure there will be lots of balofone playing and dancing. I'm excited for tomorrow, but at the same time I'm kind of tired and I don't really want to party all day. Also I'm come to realize that I'm not really a big fan of big groups of Malians, because all they do is stare at me, so I'm not really looking forward to that either. Anyway, by internet. I will see you in a few weeks when I come back to Sikasso for a week of language training (October 3-9).