We went for a walk one Sunday afternoon to attempt to learn more Swahili - mainly the various greetings. It was a fun walk. The first person we met quickly pulled us aside and told us that we're doing it wrong - we're supposed to say 'hamjambo' because there are two of them. She continued to help us a little until a friend came along and started talking with her, and another man came along to see what was going on and started to help us as well. He walked with us for a while towards town, and started to ask if he could be our teacher (basically he was looking for a job). He eventually left us - probably figuring out that we didn't want to pay a teacher, and we continued into town.
Recently, we've moved in with a new host family because our previous one had a housing situation that forced them to move out. We've been invited to join them on a morning walk. Well, on the way we meet many people and practice what Swahili we know - mainly greeting others. We also meet several school children on their way to school each morning. They would play a game on the way kicking some fruit they picked from a tree (probably a green tangerine, passion fruit or something of the like) in front of them. Matt's picked-up on this and will in turn kick it back to them. Needless to say they have really enjoyed their walk to school in the mornings. I suspect they'll be quite disappointed next week when we'll be living in a village.
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