A few words about my third homestay. Location: Majunga or Mahajunga (located on the West Coast of Madagascar). Known for being really, really, really hot.But seriously… really hot.
- My family is super adorable. They’ve never hosted a student before, and I’m so happy I got a newbie family for once.
- The standard of living is slightly higher than that of the village. I only say slightly higher because they sort of have electricity here, but then again, I say sort of… I’m also glad about this because I feel like this is going to be like the village stay that I never got to experience.
- There are more cockroaches in the WC than I’ve ever seen in my life. I think it’s a testament to how much I’ve gotten over bugs by the fact that I got myself to pee in there. There also is no toilet paper.
- Dinner was so yummy. That’s cool.
- The kids continually make my heart burst because they’re learning English and like to practice with me. They are so freaking cute. I love them. I love them.
- They don’t go to sleep immediately after dinner which is an awesome change of pace. Tonight we took chairs outside, sat under a tree, chatted in French/English/Malagasy (and literally a perfect combination of all three) then took a late night promenade because Mahajunga is awesome and not dangerous like Tana and then drank a delicious chocolate coconut liquor which is definitely going make me sick because they poured massive amounts of tap water into it. Oh well.
- I have a room (sort of, divided by curtains) to myself, which is always a plus.
- We’re going out drinking next Saturday night with his little brother.
- I watch Soccer on the teeny TV with the kids. It’s great and I don’t even care that it’s probably a game that aired months ago since I don’t regularly watch soccer.
- There are small lizards that run around my room. I keep trying to catch them but they are SO FAST! One day… one day…
- My family’s adorable. I’m going to bed because we’re going to church at 5:30 in the morning… which is whatever, and I’m probably going to have nightmares about all the cockroaches I saw in the bathroom… but it’s OK because I’m in Mahajunga.
The next day…
They didn’t go to sleep until midnight. Wooooah, such a change of pace here. But then they woke up at 4:25… why? Church was two hours long. Apparently I’m Catholic again since explaining anything else is too difficult. They use the same exact wafer in Madagascar as the United States. Way to go religion. I also fell asleep 6 times. It was embarrassing.
I washed all my clothes. Expert hand washer!
We ate a breakfast of things there were almost pancakes, AWESOME. But then something else that they called “tea” but was actually hot water (possibly not boiled) and condensed milk with a sprinkle of cocoa. Not tea. It was….. interesting?
And now I’m sitting in my room listening to American music blasting on speakers because my dad loves American classic rock. Yes! And eating guava. But I just realized I don’t know how to eat guava since there’s a bajillion seeds that seem unchewable…
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