We went to visit Alice today. If you remember, she's the one who lives at the top of a mountain, and as Ida and Carl can testify, I’m no mountaineer. A certain bouldering experience comes to mind... But as luck would have it, our bike guys agreed to take us all the way to the top, right to her house. Kerching. And the journey wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The bikes struggled a bit to get up the steep, dirt paths, (some of our bikes more than others!), but we made it in the end. And it definitely beets walking.
Alice is a real sweetheart. She was so excited to see us and had one of her kids climb up their tree to get us some
fresh mangoes. Alice is a real blessing to me. She doesn't speak any English at all but ever since I arrived she's made a real effort to be my friend. We wanted to return the blessing, so we decided to buy her a goat, preferably a quiet one. Unfortunately you can't specify that when you buy it, you just have to make a quick judgement about the goat's basic nature when you first meet it. It's hit and miss I’ll admit, but it's all we've got.
fresh mangoes. Alice is a real blessing to me. She doesn't speak any English at all but ever since I arrived she's made a real effort to be my friend. We wanted to return the blessing, so we decided to buy her a goat, preferably a quiet one. Unfortunately you can't specify that when you buy it, you just have to make a quick judgement about the goat's basic nature when you first meet it. It's hit and miss I’ll admit, but it's all we've got. 
We spend about an hour at her house before walking down the hill to go home. About halfway it started raining so we had to take shelter in a kindly potato seller's shop. All in all, it was a very nice day.
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