Our first stop was at this local store that sells a few different items and of course soda and actually there is a little building next door that grinds up corn for people in the area at a small cost (the business man is definitely benefiting more though), anyway we met this little girl named Dolly - whe is 13 years old and slightly mentally handicapped but she can stay by the store keep the chickens out of the bags of cornmeal and when some women need to go into town she actually watches there children and shares a soda with them. She was playing with Josh and they were just being so funny - so I snapped a picture.
We then continued and visited different houses - next up was Evelyn she is such an amazing lady always working to tend her crops or animals, make her own ropes, thatch a roof, etc. This is where we had lunch which was taking a half an avacado, mixing it up with a little salt, pepper, and mayo and spreading it on a roll. She gave us a tour of her house the cooking hut, showed us how she hand grinds the corn with the stones. It was awesome and she is just so cute we were really grateful for her sharing a bit of her life with us.
We traveled to two other houses that day one family searches the mountains for these crystal rocks and sells them for 5 Rand = about 10 cents so we were able to purchase a few of those. Then we stopped by another house that grows quite a bit for their family. They have herbs, maize (corn), avacado, papaya trees and much more. Overall this day was awesome because we really got an overall feel for how the families in the rurual areas live.
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