Helping out a transporter stuck in the mud!We’ve now been in the field sites for four days! Our first day was spent with our donor! Not as bad as it sounds as he’s an old friend from back home. We knew about as much as he did…..not very much. As soon as I arrived in one project site they wanted to take me up a mountain to look at a spring they are thinking about using to supply water. I managed to hike up there but began to feel queasy on the way down. I’d just had lunch and didn’t manage to keep it down.. Not sure what the Indonesian staff made of me stopping every 10 minutes to deposit the contents of my stomach!!!! Felt much better afterwards though. Now they all suspect that I am pregnant. No chance.
Just getting used to how things are done here. It’s a constant take your shoes off put them back on. I must have done this 20 times today. The other thing is not using your left hand. I practically have to sit on my hand when I eat to make sure I don’t offend anyone. Its even bad to wave with your left hand. Then the cold bucket wash. No matter how hot it is I find it difficult to chuck cold water over my head….brrrr.
Also have to get used to the lingo of some Canadian colleagues. I was a bit worried that my Watsan manager was talking about wearing suspenders. This is apparently what Americans call braces!!
Just getting used to how things are done here. It’s a constant take your shoes off put them back on. I must have done this 20 times today. The other thing is not using your left hand. I practically have to sit on my hand when I eat to make sure I don’t offend anyone. Its even bad to wave with your left hand. Then the cold bucket wash. No matter how hot it is I find it difficult to chuck cold water over my head….brrrr.
Also have to get used to the lingo of some Canadian colleagues. I was a bit worried that my Watsan manager was talking about wearing suspenders. This is apparently what Americans call braces!!
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