Follow my journey from the Dominican campo to an African village. Mules, mosquitos, and motorcycles, rivers and rowdy youth. Interesting food, intriguing cultural differences and the daily trials of an NGO worker. Feel free to post, giggle, and share with others. Live vicariously through my adventure, and of course share your thoughts. Happy reading!
Monday, July 21, 2008
A Note on Animals (written 7.16.08)
Animals have never been so funny to me as they are here - a burro braying at the top of its lungs or a goat neatly cuddled into a pile of rocks, greenery woven into its fur, really get me to giggling. They just seem so much more alert and knowing here, like they know what I'm thinking when I look into their little mammalian eyes. The cows and goats are as startled as I at my new found ability to make their noises. Maybe the fact that I'm doing that at all means that I'm going campo-crazy, but their bewildered looks when I moo or bleat are more than slightly amusing to me. If I can't hack it in the Peace Corps, at least I can rest assured that I can make a living with…animal voices? Hm.
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