VL part 4 {Random Pictures}

So in no particular order, random pictures that I just had to share!

Papaya tree outside our window at orientation.
I just love seeing all of this "new to me" vegetation...everywhere!
(Just wait til I post pics from our yard here!)

Here piggy piggy! We had LOTS of pigs in our village.
And they were loud...and dirty...and fought with the dogs in the middle of the night...
and I might give up bacon for awhile after living so close to them.

D went to school on day with Gerry!

Jason walking down the road with our language teacher at orientation.
He made me laugh...once I understood him!

Jason sliding down a waterfall on one of our hikes.
(Yes, I did it too!)
The water was FREEZING!!!!

FOUND! 4 perfect sand dollars during one of our weekly swim times at orientation.

I know, I know...someone pictured above probably won't approve of me posting this pic,
but.... I have to show how involved we got during our village time :)
We were invited to another village for one afternoon and they greeted us so warmly!
We took part in a traditional singsing and,
as you can tell,  even dressed the part!
The women gave me the grass skirt at the end of our day there.

Not everyone was so thrilled about the face paint that comes from the inside of a flower pod.

Jason learning how coconut oil is made.
Here our waspapa is scraping the inside of a coconut.

This is what happens when you teach a 7 year old how to take self portraits
 of himself with your camera!
 One of many I now have of Gerry :)

Jason learning how to make a mat out of a coconut leave.
(We brought the mats to Uka with us!)

Mal with her coconut leave bag. So cute!

Typical mode of transportation.
A hino truck with benches...imagine sitting next to 30 of your closest friends!
It was crowded but got the job done.