Abeula
The beach
In the city
The back yard mango treeLuckily when I start to type the title my previous titles show up, otherwise I'd have no idea what day it is.
My iPhone doesn't work here (it doesn't even show the correct time) and it seems as though having a wall clock is not common. Therefore I usually base what time it is on the position of the sun (so primitive! Dad, good thing you taught me this!) It's a good thing though, makes the day more relaxing and less stressful!
I came to school tonight to do some studying but didn't get a chance to shower in between going to the beach and now, since Abuelo was taking his long evening shower. So I keep scratching my head and finding my nails filled with sand, or touching my ear and feeling scratchiness. I'm like a cartoon, if I turned my head to the side a waterfall of sand would spill out. 'Dirty' seems to be my typical state while I'm here and I secretly love it!
Obviously I spent the afternoon at the beach and pool again today. We do have to take a taxi there from the school. It's a short ride, but too long to walk, and probably not completely safe. The taxi is only $L20 per person which is $1 each so it's worth it. Monica's Spanish is better than mine so it's nice to have her to help. I also am really enjoying hanging out with her, not sure what I'd do if she weren't here!
I have to mention that for lunch today I had soup. HOT soup. Really? I was sitting drenched in sweat as I spooned it in to my mouth. A cartoon image pops into my head again... Let me also say that this wasn't tomato soup or chicken noodle soup, it was plantain and octopus soup. Yep, you read correctly. As weird as it sounds, it was delicious. I ate the whole bowl, and showered after.
Didn't make it to Porvenir today, I'm just going to go on Sunday. I'll put a few photos here, however they're not the best, but at least you'll have an idea of where I am!!
they showed up on top...dont know how to change that.
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I had a feeling "dirty" would be the way it would be! Sweaty and dirty!! Hope you are drinking plenty of fluids! and have no more nocturnal encounters with the "critters"!
ReplyDeletePS - So happy you are doing this blog stuff - wish you had done it in Prague!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're reading it! Miss you guys!!
ReplyDeletehmmm....telling time by the sun. I knew that lesson would come in handy someday. Light = Day, Dark = night.
ReplyDeleteYou'll know you're really settled in when, like the natives there, you don't care what time it is.... a zen thing.
I agree with your mom. I love your blog and have really started to look forward to reading it every evening. The kids have been reading it too.
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Claire
Mango tree..... I'm dying.. I'm dead.
ReplyDeleteThese are my bedtime stories :) We knew you'd love the dirtiness. Abeula sounds like a b in my h with a t all over your c's. I LOVE YOU.
Fresh mangoes whenever you want them?? !! YUM!! I love the pics. What a contrast between the tourist-attracting beautiful beach and the city scene! You know, it's really funny. You, at the Equator, and Leila, in the Arctic, are having many similar experiences--you're both seeing exotic wildlife of the area, and you're both encountering lifestyles that are really different than what you know. Leila is really impressed with what she's learning of Inuit culture--very different from our own--and maybe due, in part, to poverty. It's amazing to me to hear from you both that people live SO differently. Somehow you both make things much more real and colorful than a book or magazine article!!
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