On Thursday, we learned that our landlord in Dubai was evicting us to make renovations in July.
On Friday, I checked out a house my friends had moved into.
On Saturday, I moved into said house, owned by a Tanzanian woman who works for the Tribunal. The fact that she cooks us dinner won me over (Aleksey take note: 'tis the quickest way to my
On Sunday, we hiked up to the road behind our house, leading us to magnificent views of the city of Arusha and Masai villages.
Which takes me to Monday night. You can find me sitting at the dinner table after a warm meal prepared by our host mama, sipping coffee, decongesting my nose with pili pili (hot-hot sauce), and being lulled by the gentle whir of the generator.
The breakfast table is already set up. Fresh bananas are hanging off a plate and the peanut butter sits in the jar with the oily film that you'd have to pay in organic dollars in the States. Street vendors sell large avocados and mangoes the size of coconuts. Have I mentioned their enviable position at the top of my food pyramid? My diet will hereby consist of avocado shakes, mango juices and other hedonistic indulgences.
Caught a cold from a housemate who caught it from another housemate which I am now giving to a new housemate. Battling another housemate's possible flea infestation from said person's previous dwelling place. Fighting off phantom bug menaces at night with my Kalashnikov DEET spray and tackling more Tribunal work in my feverish dreams...
No comments:
Post a Comment