Today was zoo-y in more than one way.
First, the house I visited this afternoon had water buffalo, cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, dogs, and cats. They were all roaming freely and came within a few feet of me. It was closer than I’ve ever been to most of these animals at a zoo or farm.
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- A calf
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- A cow and a pig
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- Water buffalo
Second, the children in the afternoon village were extremely curious to see the foreigner (me). I dozed off for a minute in the van (we’d been in the field for 10 hours!) and woke up to see eight little faces looking at me. The girl whose house I was at went to all of her neighbours to tell them to come look at the strange girl at her house. As soon as my eyes opened they ran away. This time, instead of the animals, I was the main exhibit at the zoo!
They didn't smile for the camera, but they laughed when they saw their picture on my computer.
These three girls were afraid of me at first, but we ended up bonding. I took their picture and then uploaded it onto my computer right away. They were delighted and we did it a few more times. It was a fun game!