Cheng @ SouthAfrica

 

There are quite a few of Aloe plants..... The sand here are larger, about half or 1/3 of a piece of uncooked rice and rough.... when got into shoes, it can cut the skin through the shocks.... of course, I have learned it fast, when I wear the flip flap to empty bath water in the dark..... my feet had few holes from just walked short distance......

Pretty much as the scene somewhere of Loreto, BCS.... (missed you all...)....

Yet still so different.....

Up higher into the hills, there is this LoskopDam, where the resort we had stayed a week, and now almost every day we came to their conference room for our lessons.

On Friday, September 1^st, there were so many boats been towed into the resort..... usually empty and vast landscape in between buildings now full with people young and old....

It was a long weekend here. Was it for their Veteran’s Day too, the same as in USA???

In the late afternoon light when return from classes, the view seemed so different... still as beautiful..

One spot there were more of aloe plants....

And this spot, in the distances, at the speeding of vehicle, aren’t they looked like Joshua trees???........

Back at host home, as usual time for scheduled two hours power off....... Why no consideration for the cooking, bathing and rush back from work that the electric power was most in need?

Seeing the host family had to cook on the wood fire in the open air.... while wind was sort of blowing...  I had the urge of making a mud stove right there for them.....

The urge strong enough to had talked to the host pa to use his readymade brakes to build a mud stove next weekend.  Once I have shown their at home daughter how to build a mud stove to cook, to save fuel and to save the cook from the smoke, hope she will take it up to build mud stove for others to make some income, continuously....

Looking at the full moon at treetop, it got to be the “Chinese Moon Festival” in one of these days....

This was a very precious moment to me, that we ate in kitchen table together.....  

most of time all ate in the front of TV.....

The route to and from the classes every day, I was able to have more photo of birds and nests, while the van was running at speed.

Even at the lunch time in the resort, the monkeys were much familiar with us for staying around longer and nearer. 

Since we moved to the host home, we had packed our own lunch from the host home, I have had a week of peanut butter sandwich for lunch..... need to think of what else to go for..... another eleven weeks we will still be here yet.

Sorry, even I have complained about my peanut butter with cheese sandwich for lunch, but there is no way I will share it to monkeys as to encourage them to come ask for food and got the resort worker’s swing shot instead......

After the first rain, more and more flowers blooming and more birds are coming.....

While waited the van to resort before 7:30am, a dove was watching me....

The sun was not as low as some on the treetops yet....

When we came back late in afternoon at village, the cattle were coming home too....

This bull was handsomely leading all cows and the cowboys on walking home. They are also my neighbors.

Walking at Saturday morning with my closest PCV-T neighbor around our areas..... I found this couple of gees....

One of them got hurt on the side of head..... what had happened to it?  Hope not too deep the damage?

 

Since I had the mud stove to make for my host home in head, I noticed nearby neighbor had mud brake made and out there to be dried....

The owner noticed I was taking photo into her yard, and walked up to us, I thought I was in trouble...

but she was so happy to introduce herself, agreed that I can take her photo and will send to my dear ones worldwide. She asked of our names and which families we are staying and said looking forward to see us more oftener......

Near to my host home, I saw this cactus plant; was this the one we ate while in Loreto, BCS? I have to ask Erika on it.

Late Saturday morning, the daughter from host mom’s oldest daughter came with husband and three sons to visit...... this granddaughter is 7 years younger than host mom’s at home daughter, who has one 5 year old daughter.....

 Sunday 2pm, I was expected more than ten kids to come to have fun together, but five from one family next door was missing, so we still have 10 to start with, plus came one at mid time.....

 We did the memorizing time table, coloring pages from the drawing books, etc...... surprised one of the ten year old had memorized up to seven while the others had been struggling with 2s and 3s......

Been told not to take any photos on the children’s face.... but I did have the agreements from children and had their parents signed the consents..... I have to double check with PC officers before I am to post photos on our activity today.

These were my first week at host home and please be noticed again, my blog postings were all for the story tell to my loved ones worldwide, nothing to presenting Peace Corps, nor any other volunteers; even we have the same activities together.

Cheng 9/3/2023

Note:  All my blog posted were for my own story telling, not presenting Peace Corps, nor any volunteers.

Cheng   9/5/2023