New things

1. Where the different colors of Song Taus go and when they run. The yellow one we wanted wasn't running one day when we wanted one.

2. The loud music they play in the department store and for their aerobics.

3. The many dogs, how skittish they are, and how responsive to a gentle approach and a friendly pet.

4. Gary finding his missing shoe last week in the vacant lot across this small side street we are on. We think the dog who followed us to our door yesterday might have taken it. (He's in the photo on the right)

5. Older ladies sleeping on the song tau. It looked like they had been shopping at the open market, mostly for food.

6. Getting off of a crowded song tau without stepping on people or banging anyone's head with my elbow. (Heads are really special here and they believe greatly in respecting elders. I banged and older lady in the forehead with my elbow trying to get off of a crowded song tau one day.)

7. Frozen yogurt and fruit and milk for breakfast. The refrigerator in our room keeps things too cold.

8. Getting weighed in kilograms - what does 54.8 k. mean?

9. An 8" rat pop out of the drain 2 feet from me, at the open market, make a quick circle and go back into the drain.

10. Getting an ATM card and signing up for on line banking here.