Today, the students persuaded me to go shopping with them into the old town to the bazaar to look for Gerber dance dresses. The old town is a mass of little streets and shops displaying a dazzling array of skirts and skimpy tops, all bedecked with beads and mirrors. What a buzz they created choosing jewelery and clothes. Some of them wrapped up with scarves to prevent sunburn. This is one of the things that has struck me here - watching these girls flying along on their mopeds with scarves entirely covering their faces - showing just a pair of eyes. Some even wear long gloves to protect their arms from the sun. Funny when you think how we in the West pay so much money for a few minutes of UV light.
The other thing which is amusing is the ability of the local population to sleep. You see sleeping forms everywhere - I keep a look out for unusual supports for sleepers. The other day is was 3 petrol cans, lined up together, with a man draped over them, fast asleep - it reminded me of Salvador Dali's soft clock, his head drooping over the first can and his legs over the last !
One comes across surprises every day. A man riding a bicycle with a veritable tower of artificial flowers balanced on the handle bars ! The other night someone carrying a tray on his head with a lit torch ! It looked some strange version of a miner's helmet !
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