We’re Not in Canada

We have daily reminders that we are not in Canada. Thought you might enjoy hearing about a few.

You have read here before that one of our challenges here is getting across the street. Well Cheryl and I think we may have found a solution - we need to get a goat. A few days ago we walked to the grocery store and on the way back we watched 9 goats walk down the street and nonchalantly make their way to the other side while all bodas, taxies, buses, etc. gave them the right of way.  Why won’t they do the same for us?



One average afternoon we suddenly heard an unusual sound among the regular street noises. When we went to investigate,  there was a souped up car with a muffler like we’ve never heard speeding up the street across from Sanyu. It spun a quick 180 and sped back down and kept repeating the act. It didn’t take long for a crowd to form to take in the entertainment. The people would fill the street to watch it coming, then disperse to the sides as it approached. This went on for about 10 minutes before the event was over.

Another day on the same street we watched a small herd of goats (maybe the same ones we’d seen a couple of days before) being chased down the street by a little boy. They were able to lose him by making a sharp right turn on a side street.

A  couple of nights ago I was sure I heard babies crying in the rooms of the adjacent section of the guesthouse and thought they must have had to bring some of the babies over for some reason. It was dark so I went back to my room to get my glasses so I could go help them. I stepped outside to walk the few steps to the next door and could see the forms of two animals in the dark, about the size of raccoons facing each other in a noisy confrontation that sounded just like crying babies.  I turned and went back to bed. 

The next morning I asked Joel, the operator of the guesthouse, what they would have been and he said they are rodents. After some research we determined they were probably cane rats which can grow to be 17lbs

As I’m writing this at 10:30pm we heard a thud outside our window. An avacado just fell off the tree. 

Nope, we’re not in Canada!

...but maybe that’s where my font went. 😏