I've written much about the adjustments we have had to make living here, from adjusting to 'hotter than hot', having gecko's running through the house and seeing it as a good thing (they eat bugs and mosquitoes), learning to drive in utter chaos, and then all the language and culture things. Today, we went to a two-year old's birthday party and while it was a great time - a big cultural event here. While at the party, we took a double-take at this as we walked to the house and had to snap the picture. I thought this was a super illustration of life here. Look carefully at this picture; it's the yard in a poor housing area outside of Maputo. The house is simple block - and yes, that is a computer on a table under the shade of the tree. Now granted, it is an old computer, but it is indeed a working computer as life continues to change evolve here. The fellow using it burns CDs for music that he sells (I know, I know...) and he writes on it. No internet yet - too expensive but he wants it.
Things are not always as they appear.
Dave & Ann
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