4.14

Today we went to town to the big market to sell food. When we got off the PMV everyone thought it was the best thing that two white women were going to sell garden vegetables in the market with them. We set up our place near the fence (we don’t get a choice) and then everyone came to the fence and stared at us, saying “There’s two white women selling in the market!” They loved coming and asking us how much the things were and seeing if we would answer them in Tok Pisin, and when we did they were really happy (even if they didn’t buy stuff) Its hard to sell stuff in the market when everyone around you is selling the exact same thing. But I sold all the pit pit, all the little cooking bananas (bananas you cook instead of eating raw…not sweet, kinda like a plantain but less sweet?) and all the coconuts. :D YAY! It was fun. Then we went home and dyed our skirts because we bought the dye at the market.

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4.13

Today we went to the local market to sell coconuts. Our village has tons of coconuts and on Wednesdays they climb trees and throw some done to sell at the school market. They shell the husks off so there is just the inside, which you cut a bit off the top with a knife and you drink the coconut water. Its so good. Its like a natural Gatorade with lots of electrolytes and vitamins. Anyways, when the school kids have lunch they can come and buy little things from the market and they bought all the coconuts super quick! :D YAY! What Evelyn is holding is one of these coconuts.

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4.12

The directors came to visit us today in the village. It was fun to talk to them and they brought us desserts and cold sodas! YAY! I had made them a cake the day before, but a rat got in and ate it :( GRRR!!!!

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4.11

I finished tying all the designs on my grass skirt today, kinda like doing tiedye or something. You tie some sections off then dye it one color, they tie off more sections and dye it another. The design we are doing comes from a bird in the jungle that they like a lot. It is red with black and white stripes, so their grass skirts mimic these designs. For headdresses they use their feathers or cockatoo or bird of paradise feathers. Everything they make comes from nature. Its so cool!

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