Saturday, January 29, 2011

Up, Up, and Away!

There are 2 kinds of markets here: the fruits and veggies kind (soko) and the flea market kind (mnada). I had heard mnada can get pretty crazy and jumped at the opportunity to be shown the ropes by an expert (aka Kristen who’s been here a year). Uma and I walked down to meet Kristen in Endasak then we all walked to Endagaw a little down the main dirt road. I’m still not sure of what things should cost so I was thankful to have Kristen there to ask and verify if the price was decent. I bought a tea strainer (for if I ever make tea) a kanga, a kitenges (to make a lab coat), a small thermos, and a small metal pot (so I can bake smaller cakes and end up eating less). While walking around, the wind created a dust devil (small dust tornado) that whipped through the grounds. It picked up a kanga or kitenges, among other things, and I watched it go higher and higher in the sky. That fabric must have gone over a hundred feet into the sky – no way the vendor got it back. My sitemate (district-mate?) Lauren lives in Endagaw so we visited her and I finally met her. She’s another Environment volunteer but she does a lot of health work as well. Now I only have to meet Duncan and Charlotte in my district.

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