Monday, October 4, 2010

The Five Senses of Dakar: Part I- Touch

Part I- Touch:

  • Rice balls!: You eat with your hands here. You can eat with a spoon sometimes, but it's usually more efficient to make a ball of rice with your right hand and mix in some of the sauce and vegetables. I've not been very successful at this. It's messy and most of my rice ball usually ends up on the ground.
  • Sweat: It is always so hot here. It is the end of the rainy season, which means that the humidity will finally be going down. It's getting cooler, but it's impossible to go anywhere without being bathed in sweat. I have officially given up on being clean all the time. All of the sweat actually leads me to the next point...
  • Heat rash: I am covered from torso to kneecap in heat rash. It's sometimes itchy but mostly just hideous. I look like i've got chicken pox for the second time. There's not much one can do about it either. I'm hoping it will go away soon, but i'll give it another week or two
  • Sand: It basically covers everything. Your feet, skin, and sometimes the food if you're unlucky. It's nice at the beach, but there's sand replacing grass in most cases.
That's about all I can think of for now. More to come!

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