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Crocodile! It was HUGE!

So I've been trying to write a blog entry for a few days now and every time I want to write something the power goes out or the internet's not working or I have no battery left on my computer! Argh!

So On Sunday nothing too exciting happened but I did go "potty" in a hole-in-the-ground toilet!!! :D SO EXCITING! I've never done that and it probably shouldn't be that exciting but it is! I feel a little silly but oh well... We were at a friend of a friend's house with Nadja and we were served some delicious food (tilapia and rice) and we stayed there chatting for about three hours.

The minibus that took us to
the museum had fold-out
chairs!

When we got home we just ate (again) and chilled out watching tv (a dance competition). We were all getting ready to go to bed soon and I was talking to my husband on Skype in the front balcony when I saw something drop to the floor from outside. I didn't have time to react because it wa up again and it flew into our livingroom! I asked the girls if it was a bat and they ran away screaming their heads off! I took that as a yes. They didn't even notice it before I asked!

So I was left, by myself, in the balcony! I watched for a long while from the balcony while the bat flew around in circles in our livingroom, poor thing! I crept, keeping low, through the livingroom to the door the girls had shut to keep the bat out to get to "safety" and slid through a crack in the door to get to the other side! Phew!

We had no idea what to do and if you listen to our tones and words (in Finnish) we honestly feel kind of sorry for the bat! It must've been going around for 15 minutes before it finally got out through one of the open doors. (See video from the last entry! ;P) So that was our first real experience with bats. The poor things get confused especially during thunder storms!

Then we have a moth fly in and I get paranoid! But that story's not that interesting because we can't even find the damned thing after the initial sighting! It just sort of disappeared.

Traditional home

All this week we've been at a conference/intensive course that's a compulsory part of this exchange. It's been ok mostly, very boring at times because there are lectures/presentations all day every day. Some of them have been very interesting and some not so much. I'm not going to go into detail about what the presentations have been about so just ask if you want to know more!

Yesterday we went to the Maasai Market with the teachers from Finland, who are here for the conference. They absolutely LOVED it! I even interviewed Maria really quickly afterwards. I bought lots of stuff (ok, not lots but some). Stuff as in gifts. And I bought a beautiful dress and a clutch! I think I payed a little too much for it but it's probably the only dress I'm buying here! There are so few! :( I'd like to get some other ones too but the choices aren't to my liking in the places we've been to. The dress I found today was from MegaCity, where we frequently go food shopping because the Nakumatt there is big.

Today we went to MegaCity as well and I bought a bracelet to go with the dress I bought yesterday! Some sort of seed that's been dyed pink. I really like it! I'll wear it tomorrow to the outing to the Obamas'. The US president's dad is from around here so we're going to see where he's from. Kind of cool! In the evening we have a dinner and a dance so we get to play dress-up! Yay!

Ticket

Today we had a half-day and we went to either The Impala Park or to the Kisumu Museum. We chose the museum because it was free and we have  a chance to go to The Impala Park later if we have time and money. We're poor little students strapped for cash! ;) The museum was mostly outside and there was an aquarium, crocodiles in cages, snakes and tortoises! They were so cute the tortoises, especially the tiny small ones!

A "few" snakes

At the museum there was a "community" or family yard of a traditional African (I want to say Maasai) home. The huts were made in the traditional way from cow dung and hay and the (imaginary) husband  had three wives. I got a "tour" from one of the locals that came with us from the conference. I hope she doesn't mind that I'm using her narration in my vlog! It was very informative and I enjoyed it!

So until next time!

Lots of love, Rosie <3

A turtle upside down

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