I really enjoy having to squeeze to the side on the path back to Sonopani because I run into a herd of goats and their herder, or perhaps a couple cows are blocking the path.
The birds here are incessant. There are many small song birds that fill the morning and evening with sound, along with many ravens and jays that fill the rest of the day with a variety of loud, rude sounds. But I think I'll miss them all when we leave.
Today we were told there was a leopard kill of a cow at a home nearby and it has returned to feed several times. Word is it's a very large cat and we've been told not to walk around at night. I was surprised no one had attempted to kill it, but Ashish said that it is illegal because it's an endangered species and not until the animal has killed 2 people can it be considered a threat to society.
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I've started going into the field to meet and interview women. It's amazing. The women are so friendly and hospitable to me, a complete stranger walking into their home, asking them personal questions about their health.
Yesterday I sat in a stone/mud home with a woman. My translator and I had already had chai at the previous house, and we didn't have a lot of time to stay, so we denied her offer for chai. But then she insisted that we had to take something sweet from her if we wouldn't have chai. So she proceeded to unlock a trunk in the corner of the room and pull out a little plastic baggy of sugar. We each took a spoonful from her in our right hand and downed it. yum.
I'm sorry I can't put up pictures, I have some good ones...
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