Now i know why

adults go to bed at 9 o'clock at night. Because getting up at 7am and working hard all day is exhausting! lol

Today was a great day. We got a handful of surveys done. And by handful i mean 17 1/2. And by the 1/2 i mean we got kicked off a property because she didn't want us there anymore after hearing us ask the questions. But all is well! We just left while she was yelling at us about the "filthy contaminated water" and telling us to "tell that raggoty mayor to clean it up" even though that's not what we were asking about! lol Then we went to the tourist booth and helped out. I should have before and after pictures of those tomorrow so you can see the amazing work that Ryne has done.

So i feel that i've talked about the food, the weather, the people, our projects, and our excursions here. I think i've given a pretty good description of how people react to us as students and some stories about that. Are there things i should be talking about? Maybe some things I should mention before the trip wraps up? If you have something you want to hear just email me at aburk@uark.edu and i'll talk about it.

I think something i'm going to mention today is the lengths people will go to to talk to you. Specifically, they'll sit through a 20 minute survey about water just to wait and talk to you at the end. I think it's astonishing that they have the patience to sit through a survey, and at the end they, most of the time, want to ask where we're from and what we're doing. Thats a solid 30-40 minutes out of their day they take to talk to us. Idk about you guys but i know i would slam the door shut if someone in the U.S. tried to give me a survey. Maybe we should be willing to talk to more people more often?

Let me know what you guys want to know and i'll talk about it, or at least give my experiences!

-AB