Been eating ludicrisly well the last few days, think I might be gaining back some of the weight I'd lost. Getting it all back over here might be impossible though, and to be honest I feel somewhat healthier without it. Managed to catch a lift out to Pag on a moto with working gauges, can't convey the novelty of that, so I was able to get a semi-accurate measurement of the distance I've been biking for the last few months. Turns out the estimate I've been getting of 15km ain't off by much, measured out as 17.4km from hut to office. So not counting any side jaunts that comes to a daily total of around 35km a day, six days a week, on a beach comber single speed...not too shabby if I don't say so myself. Back to the food though, had my coaching visit with Cat, who is...ah...my coach. As usual good times, we decided to take in the swad, essentially the exorbinantly overpriced white people resturant, neither of us had been and figured it was as good a time as ever. Got this mini pizza, which should have fed two so said the menu, tasted good but didn't last too long in the stomach. I genuinely think I might be lactose intolerant and just didn't know it before now, cause anytime I try to eat dairy products they last in my stomach for about 15 minutes elapsed! Continuing with the food theme, decided to indulge in some of my care package treasures and made some african fatis. Since I don't have any sort of refrigeration, once I opened the wraps I knew I was going to have to eat them all in fairly short order I decided throwing a dinner party ghana style at the ewb house with two of the other volunteers would be the best remedy to this deliemma. Got some tooboni (this bean paste food), avacado (which they call pears..took me a bit on that one), some spicy groundnut powder, and fried up veggies. Mix in a couple of boxes of sangria and I was essentially in utopia. On an entirely unrelated note got to go for chocolate cake later that week as well...killed my gut but was definitely worth it.
Working to finish up my final report on the shea association for Adisa, turns out she's coming up for a workshop the last week of july so it'd be good to have it done by then. Partly so I can talk it through with her in person, and partly so I can cross it off my list of things to tie up before I head back over the pond.
Anyway, work on getting a few more of these up but things are getting a bit crazy so forgive me if they aren't as frequent. Vanishing into the village for a chunk of time too, so probably end up going native and forgetting how to write anyway! Plus I don't got no power..
Cheers