This tobaski was very different to last year. Instead of putting on Gambian style clothes and celebrating at my language teacher's compound, I went to a fellow volunteer's house and had an alternative tobaski featuring pork and alcohol!
Tobaski fell on Tuesday, and we had Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays. On Monday morning I was told I would only be working a half day, so I left work at 1pm and headed off to meet a friend who sells pork (putting in an order of 2kg) before going to the market to buy salad. On Tuesday I met Nicola and we picked up the pork and a couple of Julbrew, and then made our way to Kotu to Dr Joe's house. Once we saw the amount of food Joe had prepared (chicken and lamb marinaded in yoghurt and spices, dhal, salad, flat breads etc), and the salads and prawns that Jaap and Janneke had brought along we realised that we would have plenty of food to go around! We were all very excited to see such colour and variety! Never has beetroot felt like such a novelty!
Before eating we relaxed and watched Joe's chickens, cat and the birds all enjoying the garden. After the food we all fell into a bit of a meat coma for a while - but soon perked up again when Helen arrived with some wine! Unfortunately the heat and walking around in the mid day sun got the better of me a little bit, and I ended up crashing early with a bad headache. But it was a lovely relaxed day with friends, and a great way to eat some meat and good food!
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| Dr Joe's garden / small farm! |
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| Joe - grill master |
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| The chickens joined in the party |
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