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Today was the first “haus kuk” weekend where we cook our own food outdoors over open fires. No, we don’t have to hunt our own meat or scrounge the jungle for our veggies and fruits, climbing coconut trees! We started the day by walking a little ways up the mountain to see the market ladies waiting for the dyna to take them down to the bottom market. We bought some fruit and went back. Then we tried to make our fire :( It took a LOT of matches :( TEARS! Eventually we gave in and used some kerosene (teehee!) The nationals that taught us made it look so easy! They take their bush knife and cut long thin strips of kindling from a piece of wood, then take one match and it’s a blazing fire! But me, I chop at the wood getting little fleks of kindling for like 20 minutes, then I used half a box of matches trying to get even a little flame going. Then of course it goes out and I do that about 10 more times until I give up and just spray a bit of kerosene on and throw a match at it :( FAIL!