February in Mozambique

Well things are going good here in Mozambique.  Not much new to report on, but we did do a few things that I would like to share:

The waterfall: 

There is a nice waterfall in Namaacha.  But during the dry season there is no waterfall.  But the last few weeks we have gotten a lot of rain, so it was the first opportunity for me to see the falls.  It was absolutely beautiful.

 

 

The falls were not that big, but the view and scenery was really beautiful.  As you can see from the picture. 

I went with my older host brother pictured below.

 

The Weather:

I think that my body has finally adjusted to the weather here.  One day I was freezing.  I had a long sleeve fleece shirt on, long pants and was covered in a blanket and my mouth was still chattering away.  I just couldn't stay warm.  I thought that it must be cold enough to snow.  It felt like 30 degrees.  We decide to check the temperature.   It was 74 degrees out.

I thought man, we have really adjusted when 74 degrees feels like it's below freezing.  I turned to my roommate and said, 'Man what are we going to do when we get back to the states and step off the plain in December.'  I then told him, 'the news crew is going to be there, returned Peace Corps Volunteer has just frozen to death, he wasn't use to the cold weather and his body has gone into shock.'

My Garden:

So, I am still struggling with this garden thing.  So far I have three Carrots in the front garden and corn in the back.  But I planted a lot more than that.  Well just look at the pictures:

 

 

Baking:

Who would have thought that I would fly half way around the world and learn how to bake breads and cinnamon roles and all sorts of stuff.  So I had many a failed attempt at getting my bread to rise.  I spent a lot of money on flour and a lot of money on yeast, but eventually I got the darn stuff to rise and I made like 20 loafs of bread to freeze.

I guess I will have bread for a long time.