Sunday, January 15, 2012

Part 2

I woke up early this morning to have my first bucket shower and when I got to the tap....there was no water. Day 1 one my life in a developing country. I love the experience but not so much the being sweaty 24/7. Sorry if that's too much information. It's so interesting to see how women get ready here. Outside my window I have a balcony  and I can just look over the courtyard and people watch. Here is this whole way of life that I have never been introduced to. It's a vastly different day-to-day routine that forces you to think about how other people live their lives. It's so cool!

Anywho, I'll tell you a bit about what I've been doing. Currently we don't have our regular classes. Instead we're just taking crash-course swahili every day for a few hours. It's very exhausting. I get easily overwhelmed with languages but our teacher is very patient and kind. Swahili is an interesting language to learn. There are so many different greetings, it's hard to keep track, but I love the sound of it. I'm excited to be able to communicate more, but I know it'll take time. So yesterday we had that, left our resort, and went to lunch on campus. The campus is gooorrrrgeous. I love it. It's a little run down, but there are millions of trees and all kinds of stuff to explore. We're all in one building and our director's house is across the street.


Gah I have to go get ready. I will keep updating when I can!!!!!!

1 comment:

  1. oooh i'm so jealous of the exploring! the campus must be all awesome... hope you're taking pictures of especially interesting little bits that you see

    keep on truckin with the swahili! i bet you're doing far better than you think

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