coup d'etat continued

today is officially day 4 that i've been staying at the house with our 'refugee' group. the days pass fast, but not much get's done and there's not much to do. i did get out of the house today and we drove downtown and it was very quiet. things have been very calm here the last 3 days. although things got a little more complicated today; the mayor held another meeting and declared himself president of the transitional government-- making it an official coup d'etat. then later today, the president declared that he's still president... the mayor called all ministries closed on monday and the president said they're open... so i guess you're starting to get a sense of the confusion and frustration. i have no idea what's going to happen and nor does anyone else really. the mayor is completely going against their constitution and is technically underage to become president (he's only 34 and the president must be atleast 39) and the president is declaring he is the one with the legal power. most of my days have been filled with conflicting and changing information, lots of card games, making some jewelry... part of the waiting game. thankfully i'm surrounded by nice, laid back people, so i think we've been able to ward off cabin fever. last night, i was interviewed by CNN over the phone and used a webcam, and you can see the 5 minute video clip if you click HERE. i submitted some pictures to the cnn article on madagascar which you can see HERE in the photo section. check back though because i think they'll be writing a new article with the new information that developed today and i might be quoted. this is defintely a very interesting situation to be experiencing, and i'm still not quite sure what to make of all of it. i'm going to try to get working with my organization as soon as possible and hopefully get in on some smaller projects or something while things are still unpredictable, but it would feel great to do something productive! but as it stands now, i have to wait to see how the cards play out and not make plans too far into the future. that's all for now though!