Here are some photos from down the street. We just love our district. Whenever we meet foreigners and they ask where we're from, they have no idea where district 6 is. I love this side of town. No foreigners, no tourists and people don't try to rip us off. We've even tried to overpay (on accident) a few times and the extra bills were handed back to us.
Lady frying bananas
The people are friendly, hard-working, and beautiful. They also know how to relax after a hard day's work; we see groups of people sitting outside and hanging out with each other, drinking iced coffee, playing checkers, watching each others' kids. We pass the same men on our way back from class every night and they like to sit on the roadside in little kiddie chairs eating seafood and drinking beer. Often they yell to us, in whatever state they are in, offering us a beer or a crab leg. We just laugh and keep walking.
It almost makes me sad when they rave about how beautiful we are. Women love our light skin and don't like when we go outside in short sleeves on sunny days because it makes our skin darker. The people here seem so beautiful in appearence, their quiet, humble demeanor, and the way they take care of each other. Erica and I can be coaxed to almost any local food stand just by the smile of the vendor who waves us over. They treat us like family and they don't even know us. How do you serve such a servant-hearted people?
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