Eggballs & alligators

Anyone for an eggball?

It is the first of the month and Dad and I had to pay the rents for all the 20 elders in our two zones. We took Nanda and Geeta along with us as we drove the 90 minutes to Crabwood Creek to keep us out of trouble.


We found these yummy eggballs for our lunch. They have mashed casava on the outside with a boiled egg tucked in the inside and then they are fried. They are served with a sour sauce. They taste pretty good!

On the way home from Crabwood Creek, we took a side road that led to a village where Geeta used to live. As dad was struggling to miss all the huge potholes in the road, we suddenly noticed these 4 guys on the side of the road with these 25 dead alligators. The alligators were all wearing just their birthday suits. They had been caught in traps and were being skinned!

These guys are the ones doing the skinning. They were spreading salt over the skins they had just removed.

The guy on the left has just thrown another naked alligator on the pile and the one on the right is going to take the 2 he is holding and throw them back in the big trench on the other side of the street. I'm sure he'll be back for the rest. Where do you suppose they'll wash their hands when they are through? I think I'm going to be sick thinking about it.

The dead alligators were pretty smelly and I had to coax Geeta to get her nose close to this big one so I could take their photo together!

Across the big alligator trench we could see the house where Geeta's best friend lived. Geeta quickly called her on her cell phone and she came out on her steps to wave to us.

Do you see her standing on the outside stairway of her house wearing a white suit with black shirt underneath it?

We found this fat one a couple of blocks from where we live just lying dead in the street. He wasn't there very long before someone stole him. Some people like to cook and eat the alligator's tale...like crazy missionaries! Not me!

Which is worse, a snake or an alligator? I hate them both!