Funny observations

• Bigger is NOT always better: especially when it comes to cockroaches and flies. And therefore, everything is not bigger in Texas cause some of the flies here are 3 times the size of what I consider a fly.
• Dominican children´s creed: Frogs are slimy, throw rocks at them! (and then show them to the foreigner).
• Tarantulas do exist outside of cages. Luckily my host brother was kind enough to kill it before showing it to me.
• I am very thankful that I sleep under a mosquito net because it keeps out more than just mosquitos.
• Dominican women fear rain and wear shower caps in public.
• You get a certain sense of pride when the toilet flushes on the first attempt with a bucket of water.
• No body parts are private here. Lots of poor women don´t wear bras and there are tons of naked little kids running around in Haitian bateys. One woman even lifted up her shirt to show us that she wasnt hiding money (luckily she did have a bra on).
• Don´t assume anything is common knowledge. One meeting location in the country had a hand-made poster about how babies are made. Also, there is nothing that is inappropriate to talk about at those meetings.
• If they offer you something made from corn, always hesitate. It could turn out to be a corn starchy gelatin disaster or a pie of what looks like sweet potatoes but tastes like soggy, corn pudding. Gross!
• They have as many types of fruit here as types of insects. (and they make for really great smoothies, the fruit that is)
• Shampoo is versatile. Afterall, we have hair all over our bodies.
• You stop remembering what warm showers are like after weeks with a bucket.
• Lizards come in all colors and sizes. And they like to run up your chair and onto your skirt.
• Don´t put on bug spray right after shaving your legs. It stings like the devil.