My travel journal of my experience of both anthropology research and the visit of my family country in Eritrea

Friday, July 07, 2006

Full of Buckets...




Here's the most busy street, Adi Harnet of Asmara. There are repetitive convienence shops everywhere and i am not sure how do they keep standing financially if they got everything what next door got! Bars, food shop, Kidane-Habisha (clothing) shops, jewerlry shops, electronic shops, internet cafes, and restaurants are normally business available for the public consumeration. Otherwise there are factories, junkyard, municipal courts, schools, government services and countless Embassies!



I am staying in Melles' place still and they havent kicked me out just yet. I adore his family; his wife is so intelligent and helpful; their kids are darling and my super fans!

I am being spoiled by their spotless house and their bathroom is unlike any common bathroom in Eritrea. It is truly a privileage staying in this gorgeous house. Id like to show the interesting procedures in the bathrooms, its always come with BUCKETS. The Large, black water storage is almost in every house, then the medium-size buckets to pour water into toilet and finally small pitcher to use to rinse hands in sink or body in showers.

It's endless usage of buckets daily!!


Another thing id like to add for today: It is stupefying to see a wide variation of transportation in this city alone. This picture signifys two contrastive kinds of transportation that's FAR CRY distinct in each economic level--runs by a horse parked near a Range Rover!

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