Brief Update

June 19, 2010 at 10:50 am | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

So this is the first free time that I have since I left for the airport on the 7th.  A few more notes on what has happened since I left.  Sorry if there are any repeats, it takes to long for the pages to load to actually double check stuff.

 So my host family is great.  Alan still does not really talk to me but I think now it has less to do with the fact that I am a white person as much as the nez person living there.  I learned how to wash laundry by hand.  You have to let it soak in the soapy water for quite a while, and it there is a technique to the way you bend over the bucket.  You lean with your left forearm on your left knee and use it as a washboard.  Bonus about doing laundry in Africa: the wash dries really fast. 

My host parents have been really patient with my french and explaining stuff.  I am not very good or quick, but I am improving… slowly. 

The hours here are muych different than at home.  Yeah it is only about 4 hour time zone difference, but we sleep at 9pm and I am up at 6 am.  I got my own bike and water filter and malaria slide kit!  If we suspect that we have malaria, we make the slides and get them to Ouaga.  I got to make practice slides.  Yeah that didnt go over too well with me. 

cheers!!!