Guess what? We got great news today. We are going to start visiting another medical clinic next week to learn how to start the one in the village we are in. So the whole reason we came here is real and we are really excited to get it going. Our budget is working out as planned, and we are going to start purchasing medicine to stock it soon as well.
So on to the real news. The food has been very exciting. We have eaten a lot of the same stuff we eat at home (chicken, tofu, any vegetables we want,) with a lot of rice. We had rice for breakfast for the first time yesterday. It's the brown stuff in the bowl, champerado. It's chocolate, milk, and overcooked rice. We have also eaten dried squid, pig intestines, and best of all, BALOT! We went out at night and were hanging around with some new friends in our neighborhood, and mentioned that we had seen balot on the Food Network. So they took us right away to the balot peddler on the corner and made us eat it. Basically it is a chick cooked/fermented in its egg. It is a big deal, a Filipino delicacy, and I am glad to have experienced it. But I don't recommend it. The ones we ate were two days from hatching, and there was a lot of chewy parts and down. Hmmm....
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Hmmm...were the feet chewy or crunchy?
so Jeff,
To continue from before, how about mosquito netting? You know, for over the beds? Is that more useful than screens?
I know we can't make a huge difference, but what would be most feasible? How much would it be for few bolts of netting and something to hang it with?
Thank you very much! Now I won't be able to eat for a week. Actually, that's probably a good thing. Keep the news coming!
so the feet were chewy. and the down was a little chokey.
as far as mosquitos, they use screens mosquito netting, electric fans, or burning brush to keep them away. I'll look at prices today.
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