Today is the final day of Ramadan when Muslims break their fast. Our families were all very confused as to why we would be going to school on a holy day. Yesterday we had our first focus group discussion with Bangatans. They had some interesting questions about America. They asked about short-term marriage contracts where people decide to only be married for a certain period of time. Another man asked if there was a special university for porn stars! Today was just another day of Kiswahili and a discussion of foreign aid in Africa this afternoon. This evening, Bahati and I talked more as we cooked dinner. I look forward to getting to know her better tomorrow when she teaches me how to wash my clothes!
I guess I never wrote about my trip to town on Wednesday. I was able to get some stamps and mail some letters. We found a wazungu restaurant and ate delicious American food for lunch. The food here isn't bad, but that cheeseburger sure tasted good! We also visited the Maasai market I will return there in December to buy some cool souvineers and gifts, but for now I don't want to carry around anything extra! When it was time to go home, we (all 20 students) hopped on a dala dala (mini bus) to ride to the botton of the road that goes up to Bangata. This was my first dala dala experience. When they say "there's always room for one more in a dala dala," they are not kidding! There are 16 seats, but that doesn't seem to matter at all. I think we had 30 at one point! When the driver found out that we were all heading up to Bangata, he offered to take us all the ay up for only 1000 shillings each (66 cents). It was questionable for awhile when we met a truck coming down the mountain and we almost tipped into the ditch, but we all arrived safely back at our homes before dark!
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