As always first stop of the day was the local market, this time to buy gifts for my host family. It was a bit like doing the weekly shop as I bought rice, pasta, sugar, salt, milk, candles, anmd some presents for the kids. A three hour boast ride took me to Isla Armantani to be met by my new Mum & Dad.
It was a very strange experience but I managed to say "allillanohu" or "hello" in the local language. No sooner had I arrived lunch was being served in the kitchen which was only 4ft high. The meal of soup, yams and goats cheese was delicious, but having eaten the yams it was time to replenish the stock so I headed into the fields and for the next hour or so used the most basic of tools to dig up the crop for dinner.
Cue the kids, who had been at school, two girls aged 6 and 9, and two boys aged 12 & 16. It must have been difficult for them to have a stranger in the house yet the hospitality shown was second to none. It might be very basic with mud walls, and no electricty or running water but I feel very comfortable in my new home.
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