Eating Ants & Other Mundain Things

To the three "wise guys" who commented about yesterdays blog, come on down and see for yourselves!!

And now to more series matters. The huge flying ants are in season. "In season" means this is the season you EAT them. It seems to be a specialty for older people while the younger ones avoid it. Fried in oil and salted, these things sell for $1 for a large handful. The legs and wings are still attached. The discerning eater will pick the wings and the legs off before eating them. I was pressured into eating one by none other than big brave, MJ who refused to do the same. I think the blasted thing was crawling around in my stomach for sometime after I ate it even though it was dead. I couldn't chew! It went down whole! This is one experience that is good to have in the past. They tell us that some of the indigenous tribes in the area eat these things alive along with fat worms (grubs) which sell for four for a dollar. That is really high priced eating around here!

We now have a local cell phone. The Church is really the account holder and we simply pay the Church. Saves a lot of application red tape that way.

Riding the bus to the down town was simple. Just hadn't figured out the right bus to take home. That problem is now solved. Going down town and back for two people now costs us a total of .72. We might even be able to ride free as we most certainly would qualify as "elderly".

Next week the classes in English for all teachers at the school begin. We will have two groups. More on this one later.