As it turns out, the return envelope I provided for my passport was not the right kind, so the Malian embassy just put my passport away in a drawer without any word or notice... lucky I called to check up on it! My passport is being overnighted to me at a friend's in Jamaica Plain (near Boston) and after 4 hours of frustration with Orbitz, I have successfully rerouted my original itinerary at no additional cost. That's great news, given that every little bit of the grant money that is not paying for my tickets is paying for Sigida Keneyali. More money for the Malians is always good news.
I leave Tuesday the 10th on at 5:20 for JFK then leave the country at 8:20. Then it's off to Casablanca for a day and a half layover in the sun and off to Bamako for the summer. It's a hard-knock life, right? At this point, I'm just thankful I'm still going.
Whew! Crisis averted!
X Ben X
1 comment:
Yay... glad you are on your way. Everything sounds amazing, take lots of pictures. Sending everything good your way-- luck, love, truth, strength.
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