Springtime Wanderings

No, it's not some sort of crazy game of "Put the candy on your head." If it's within arm's reach, the children tear the bag apart and the candy ends up in the dirt.

This little guy (the one whose head I am touching) was pretty cute until he punched the little girl in the pink (above photo) and stole her candy.

All photos courtesy of S.O./mslamotor16@gmail.com

Scott and I went for an excursion today into our alley and handed out some candy to the children. There seem to be more and more kids every time we do this. We also walked to a pharmacy (I use this term loosely) to buy some vitamins. The pharmacy is located directly outside out gate, so it wasn't much of a walk. We took one of our language assistants along to interpret for us. The pharmacy was an old, old store front with one small shelf and a display case. I would not be exaggerating to say that the shop was unclean. The old shopkeeper was very friendly and kind. Scott and I were digging through our wallets trying to find a small enough bill (the entire bottle of vitamins was USD$1) and the shopkeeper told us that if we didn't have the money that we could take the vitamins and pay him later. After paying and thanking the man, we walked back to the gate when we heard a vendor behind us selling obviously homemade candy. It looked like little dough balls coated with something white. We asked our language assistant and told us that it was very salty and that he didn't like it. We bought a couple of pieces and again learned that we should listen to our friends--salty indeed!