Pictured above: Looking behind me towards my house
Pictured above: Houses I pass on my right
Pictured above: Stones that I must hop across to avoid the mini pond/bog that this area turns into during the rainy season. I have only fallen off of these rocks twice. They really only save you from water that goes up to your mid leg.
Pictured above: The baby creek i cross over to get to work
Pictured above: next to where i cross the creek
Pictured above: Gate to a house that I pass on my left
Pictured above: A house I pass on my left. They have an abundant field of maize. This is great, because not alot of people in my village have home gardens, despite the soil being generally good for planting in this area. At the old location it was a little to salty.
Pictured above: Village wildlife
Pictured above: Crevice to my right
Pictured above: More of that crevice. I almost was forced into it a couple weeks ago when I was walking home due to a charging bull. Luckily I flipped over some barbed wire on the other side to save myself.
Pictured above: Path next to crevice
Pictured above: A jungly yard I pass every day. There is a house in there somewhere.This is the barbed wire that I flipped over
Pictured above: Path leading up to my center
So, I somehow anticipated this post being alot more interesting. However, I thought it might be fun to show everyone my new daily walk. I usually really enjoy it--it is nice to get out into my community instead of just walking next door to get to work every day, which is what I was doing before. There are only a few draw backs: 1. when it is really rainy and muddy, I fall often. Therefore I usually am covered by mud by the time I get home, meaning more frequent hand washing of clothes. this = a big pain. 2. I don't really like having to greet every single person I pass. It gets pretty repetative when I pass 20-30 people on my way home. However, if I do not greet someone in Zulu Culture I am deeply (depending on the age) offending them. 3. I don't like drunk men. They get on my nerves. Enough said. Oh the fun of living in a village!
1 comment:
This will sound dumb to your 20-siometh8ing friends, but this 63-year-old mom finds these pictures to be a miraculous gift. Your friends and you take this kind of communication for granted, but from my perspective, this is NOT your mother's Peace Corps. The fact that you can show us each step of the way on your twenty-minute walk to work is close to putting us there, with you, walking to the center every day.
This is NOT boring to those of us who get to see it, with you. THANK YOU for these pictures!!!!!!!
And, how can this walk actually be boring, to you, when it is a walk you will only get to make for (less than ) 52 weeks to come, less than 520 times in the next 12 months? It is about the time invested in walking from our house to the West Side market,which you could do all your life; this walk you can only do less than 520 more times in your entire life. WOW.
To us, it is beautiful. Take it in, gratefully (sorry about the bothersome men.........)
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