Thursday, May 18, 2017

Things you don't see/do every day....South Asia style

1.  Extremely few people speak English.  We are learning to greet people in different languages according to their religion

2.  Fruit is half the size of your body

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3.  Light switches....which one!?  Every room has at least one or 2 of these panels.

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4.  You "get" to swim in your clothes

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5.  There are lots of frogs of all sizes to be caught!

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6.  Listening to geckos bark or chatter while trying to go to sleep
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYZLmxTupJY)

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7.  Slides that can fit all of your sisters

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8.  Ants that build nests in trees

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9.  Riding Elephants

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10.  You get to eat with your hands!

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11.  Scorpions....in your bedroom

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12.  Really fresh chicken
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Bazaaring

A few days ago John and I had a chance to go "bazaaring" in a city about 20 minutes away.  This city has over a million people!  I will let the attached pictures describe what "bazaaring" is!

It is always fascinating for us to get even a small glimpse into the life of the people we are living among.  And what a colorful and bustling experience that filled all the senses!

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Friday, April 21, 2017

Things I bet you don't do regularly....

1. Strain and boil your milk that is still warm from the cow...it's interesting to see what will show up in that strainer each day
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2. Get your beef from the butcher where he has killed it that morning, let it "bleed out" in your fridge for a few days, and then grind it (I'll spare you the butcher pic!)
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3. Read to your children by lantern because the power is out

4. Capture, feed and wear chameleons!
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5. Get your water from a cool water filtration system (no boiling or filtering this year!)

6. Have your kids feet be so brown from playing outside and not wearing shoes that even after they shower and scrub them they don't look much different

7. Walk to the nearest duka to get produce
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8. Drink your cokes out of a bottle
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9. See people riding on top of their car shouting into a bull horn which candidate they think you should vote for
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10. Tuck your kids in bed each night. Then tuck in their mosquito nets. Then flip on the mosquito repellent filled night light.
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11.  Watch a storm roll in on the African plains (iphone pic, no filter!)
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12. Beans, sukuma, rice and chapati for lunch each week
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13.  Take your picture with a rhino!
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14. Eat lunch with your Daddy almost everyday!
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