13 February 2011

We woke up a bit late in the house cause there is only one window in the bedroom as opposed to 4 in the small caravan (which is also closer to the cicadas who start chirping at 6:30 am). It was nice to sleep in, and although it was only until 8am it made the day feel more like Sunday. We started tidying up the kitchen and began getting ready to go window-shop a property.

We got to the place and the people were a nice, eccentric older pair. The gentleman was bald on top and the bit of white hair he had on the back of his head formed long dreadlocks down the middle of his back. Anyway, we had a nice stroll around the poorly marked and managed 4.5 acre piece of property, which was beautiful nonetheless. There was a small river running through the property, which made the soil nice and loamy. Dave and I both got stung by a brutal wasp and at the last possible moment as I turned around after saying good-bye, I managed to make one of my final steps into a humongous pile of cow shit. My foot was warm, wet and covered with disgusting partially digested grass; I washed it off with the only water we had, our drinking water, laughed and hopped in the van.

Next stop: test-driving a 1997 Toyota Starlet. The car was a mechanic’s car who had passed away last year and was beautifully maintained, drove excellent and since we talked her down 500 dollars, we told her we would take it. This will be nice for independence!!! :)

We got home around 2pm and were starving cause we hadn’t eaten all day….. scarfed down some soup, tuna sandwiches and cheese and crackers. Yum! And then, sleepy…… Dave went to woodshop while I napped a bit.

Dinner- cabbage, cherry tomatoes and stir fry with zucchini, ginger, onion and green pepper, (no rice). Yum!