We've tried to do some exploring

Here and there. bought a cell phone today and we thought we should learn the bus system (believe it or not, rickshaws can get old), so two of us hopped on one after meeting a new friend and headed home.

The routes can be a bit confusing. hand signals, coloured stripes, snapping fingers. this is foreign language on top of a foreign language. we got to our street and thought maybe it would be helpful to ride around for a while, see where this route leads, and surely it would bring us back to our other stop eventually. so we thought...

The buildings got smaller and smaller. people were less frequently seen. sand abounded. and we eventually stopped in a traffic jam outside a small market. every one got off... and i started asking questions. hand motions. "you don't know either?" okay.

Thankfully, a very kind man overheard us, escorted us up another road, and got us back to a road we knew of (only 15 minutes further than we had ever taken it), and all was well. a sweet african adventure.

I hope to post pictures soon.

Present needs:
The right questions and a language soaking sponge for a brain.

Present certainties and thanks:
There is a fountain,
Everything is a learning experience,
And the fountain has helped a lot back home.

Love and peace be.