Pighouse and outfit of the day!

We started working here at Tombontsoa on Monday, and we started our work in the pighouse! I have to say that it feels nice to finally have started working, and also to get to know the language better. We learn new words every day, because now we work with people that know very little English, and if they know anything it's only some phrases like; "Good morning" or "How are you?". It's not possible to have a conversation with them in English, so now the Malagasy words start to sink in.

We have also gotten a housekeeper that comes to our house three times a week. It's really nice to have dinner to come home to after a long day of work. Also she don't speak English, so we have to talk Malagasy with her as well.

Our working times is from 07.00 - 12.00 and then from 14.00 - 17.30.. This is really a weird way for us Norwegians to work, with a two hours break in the middle of the day; then to get back to work. We are really tired today, after four days of work; so we are looking forward to the weekend.

And I also have to say that the shower in our house doesn't work.. And when we are working in the pighouse it is really a challenge to get the smell out of our hair, so.. To say it nicely: WE STINK! I feel sorry for our housekeeper because when she works here she eats dinner with us, and to sit beside people that stink of pig when you eat can be a not so good experience.. (All Tomb-students know that..)

Here we are with some of the people we work with (Here you can see how big we are in this country..)

How we love pigs:

I have actually not colored my hair, it's the sun that does it!

And what is a succesive blog without a "outfit of the day" picture?
In Norway we are used to using rubberboots with irontoe in the pighouse.. Here we use sandals..

Our nice housekeeper:

And she made us bread! I really didn't think that I would ever miss bread in my life, but I was totally wrong..

- Mary Ann