Monday, February 06, 2006

July 2005 - Ants and Cross-Legged Fun


After all the time off and beach action it is now back to work for me. We have a new office with new air-conditioners but there are still millions of annoying browny-red ants everywhere… apparently they only turned up in Samoa about 5 years ago but they have quickly multiplied and taken over –at least they don’t bite I guess.

I am particularly looking forward to the village meetings we will attend and have started to practice sitting cross-legged on the floor for extended periods. The only part I am not so much looking forward to is eating some of the food we will be given – turkey tail, lamb flaps, slabs of butter, corned beef etc… though there is a lot of great local food too. Papaya salad, palusami (taro leaves which are kinda like spinach mixed with coconut cream), pankeke (donut type pastry) and even taro is okay with the right accompaniment.

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