The Greatest COS Tradition of All

So starting January 23rd, I will officially no longer be a Peace Corps volunteer.  And I will be embarking on a crazy adventure of a road trip.

We will be visiting eight countries over about 6 weeks.

In this car:

So here is our  (rough) itinerary:

January 23: Conakry - Kankan
January 24: Kankan - Bamako
January 25-28: Bamako
January 28: Bamako - Bobo (there are baby elephants here!)
January 29: Bobo
Janurary 30: Bobo - Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
February 4: W Park (Benin)
February 5-7: Northern Benin, where there are lots of national parks and houses that look like castles
February 8-12: Porto Novo and Cotonou (Benin), visiting a village on stilits, the home of voodoo, and beaches
February 13-15: Lome (Togo), honestly don't know what we're doing here yet, but they are said to have the best national beer in West Africa
February 16-19: Accra (Ghana)
February 20-22: Cape Coast, beautiful beaches and english speakers
February 22-March 1: Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)
March 1 - March 7: Carnival at Cape Verde, daiquiris, feathered costumes and snorkling!

Or course, these dates will probably change as we find cooler things to do in other places or if we get flat tires.  If you want to follow the trip's official blog, you can find it here:

greygoosegaggle.blogspot.com

And now, off to Bamako!