... many new aspects of daily life- here are some examples:
- brushing our teeth using bottled water, rather than turning on the tap
- tucking my children up under mosquito nets each night
- boiled milk in tea- and reboiling our milk to make a sauce or custard etc.
- filling the kettle from the water filter and trying to remember not to fill it from the tap
- sterilising all our fruit and veg- a time consuming activity, as I discovered after my trip to the market today. There is no such thing as quickly putting the shopping away once home!
- concrete floors. Dropping something on the floor creates a most spectacular noise and things break with great dramatic effect, as little Ben found out when he dropped his enamel cup on the floor yesterday. This signalled the sad demise of his cute drinking cup!
- the NOISE! Dodoma can be noisy, as we found out on Saturday night. It seems that a party is to be shared with the whole neighbourhood, with the help of loudspeakers to broadcast the music and DJ far and wide across the city. It was 1:30am before a sleep-deprived Andrew and I hit on an idea to try and get some rest: we closed all the windows and drowned out the external noise with the whirr of our brand new fan! The fan which seemed noisy by day now provided welcome relief with its consistent buzz drowning out the throbbing bass of the party across town! Then there is also the call to prayer from the mosque, which starts early in the morning but is quieter if the wind is in the right direction...
- Dodoma is dusty and I am already guilty of having a dusty home: there is much work to be done to keep the home looking reasonably clean!
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