Mosquito Honks
So, a few comments are in order......
First, I'd like to make the statement that the the variety of horns found on automobiles in India is amazing. In the US, motorbikes go: "dink-dink", cars go: "honk-honk", and trucks go: "hoooooonk-hooooonk". Things are totally different here. All moving objects have different sounding horns ranging from (try to convert the words into a sound): "honk-tweedle-twiddle-twiddly-honk" to "honk-diddy-daddle-diddle-honk-tweedle-dum". This may sound a little far-fetched/wierd, but, it's the truth.
For lunch today I wasn't so hungry for some reason, so, i went with the liquid lunch, which consisted of the following: a glass of fresh mango juice, a glass of fresh watermelon juice, a glass of fresh guava juice, some lemonade, and three glasses of water. It was yummmmmmy!
This morning I saw a marmot and huge scorpion, which happened to be in my neighbors room. So, that's cool to know that scorpions can get in my room too. It makes me a lot more comfortable about getting out of bed in the morning without looking at the floor......
I am 25 surveys away from being finished with my research project.....then comes the analysis, which could take a while!
Every day I get stung by a new type of fly or mosquito. I am not joking, I think there might be an infinite number of species of arthropods here.
Tomorrow I am getting up at 4:00am to go fishing with a village fisherman that I was introduced to. His name is Arun. His boat is about 25 feet, looks like a giant wooden canoe, and has a diesel engine that has a wire that runs from the engine down a bamboo rod to a propellor that is tied to the end of the rod. It is pretty ridonkulous that the engine even runs. Don't worry parentals, Ellyn went on a boat like this almost every day that she studied in Brazil. I appologize but no pictures will be available immediately as I am bringing a disposable camera with me.
Lastly, FYI, I've eaten 6 very questionable items in the past 3 days and I haven't gotten sick, so that is sweet! These items included a street paan, pakoda (aka pakora in America) from a village street vendor, fried fish from a street vendor, more ground legumes, and a few other things.
Here are 3 poor-quality images from today's work in the village.
Stew Countdown: 8 days
First, I'd like to make the statement that the the variety of horns found on automobiles in India is amazing. In the US, motorbikes go: "dink-dink", cars go: "honk-honk", and trucks go: "hoooooonk-hooooonk". Things are totally different here. All moving objects have different sounding horns ranging from (try to convert the words into a sound): "honk-tweedle-twiddle-twiddly-honk" to "honk-diddy-daddle-diddle-honk-tweedle-dum". This may sound a little far-fetched/wierd, but, it's the truth.
For lunch today I wasn't so hungry for some reason, so, i went with the liquid lunch, which consisted of the following: a glass of fresh mango juice, a glass of fresh watermelon juice, a glass of fresh guava juice, some lemonade, and three glasses of water. It was yummmmmmy!
This morning I saw a marmot and huge scorpion, which happened to be in my neighbors room. So, that's cool to know that scorpions can get in my room too. It makes me a lot more comfortable about getting out of bed in the morning without looking at the floor......
I am 25 surveys away from being finished with my research project.....then comes the analysis, which could take a while!
Every day I get stung by a new type of fly or mosquito. I am not joking, I think there might be an infinite number of species of arthropods here.
Tomorrow I am getting up at 4:00am to go fishing with a village fisherman that I was introduced to. His name is Arun. His boat is about 25 feet, looks like a giant wooden canoe, and has a diesel engine that has a wire that runs from the engine down a bamboo rod to a propellor that is tied to the end of the rod. It is pretty ridonkulous that the engine even runs. Don't worry parentals, Ellyn went on a boat like this almost every day that she studied in Brazil. I appologize but no pictures will be available immediately as I am bringing a disposable camera with me.
Lastly, FYI, I've eaten 6 very questionable items in the past 3 days and I haven't gotten sick, so that is sweet! These items included a street paan, pakoda (aka pakora in America) from a village street vendor, fried fish from a street vendor, more ground legumes, and a few other things.
Here are 3 poor-quality images from today's work in the village.
Women
Hands
Outdoor Kitchen
Stew Countdown: 8 days
posted by Jon at 09:51
2 Comments:
Does his little fishing vessel have LIFE JACKETS by any chance??????
Each day seems to bring a new unique experience. It sounds like life will never look the same when you are back in the States.
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