So any who I started work today I am feeling better today. I am at about 95% so that that is good. we woke up at 6:30 and started work at 7:30. We got an international greeting and a Tongan greeting. ( Tongans are the native tribe of the area) international greeting was getting a hug from every kid in the school while being sung to and the Tongan greeting was a traditional tongo dance with scarves. They speak english here however, they do speak Tongan too I am trying to learn a little bit but it is kinda tricky.
Even though the internet is hard to find, this area is the only one in southern Africa this far out in the bush that has internet.
As far as wild life is concerned, We have hundreds of lizards I see them everywhere. There are snakes and bugs of all sorts. But as far as big animals go... we have small deer and baboons. But there are no big animals anywhere near macha because they have all been poached. Which makes me sad. The only place that has large animals anymore are on reserves. There are also termite mounds all over the place.
For food we are eating with krauses for this week but next week we will be eating with the boarding students at MICS. We are also have a big group coming to visit so we will be having a goat roast. Super excited about that by the way!!!!! They are a big fan of breads here, and corn. They also have these epic bananas they are super small but they are like ten time more sweet than the ones we have in america.
Oh ya by the way it is freezing in the morning. and in does not warm up till like noon, but once they sun is up it isnt very hot but the sun burns you really really fast. So I was indoors all day and my face is pretty red.
We are 6 hours ahead. I dont have very bad jet lag I am awake and feeling fine now, but last night I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn go back to sleep. But I still feel perky today so that is good.
Good to hear from you! I know what you're talking about with those bananas--I spent 2 weeks in the Panamanian rain forest when I was 16, and wow! It's still hard for me to eat the bananas back here.
ReplyDeleteJust so you know, I created my very own Google account specifically so that I could follow this thing. Oh, and this is my very first blogging experience ever! (Please remember my residence consists of a rock). So I miss you tons and tons and tons, and it's not the same becuase my Sarah isn't here to watch movies and make smoothies with me. Sad day :( But I'm glad you're having fun! Oh, by the way, I think you teach me some Tongan :D Love you lots!
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