Buruburu Day 2

On Saturday we had planned to go shoe shopping again and go to the big Maasai Market that happens every Saturday early so we can get the good stuff. Some how breakfast took way longer than expected and we didn't end up getting to town till 1. As soon, and I mean as soon, as we got off the matatu it started raining. Sometimes the rainy season can really put a crimp in your day. We decided to go ahead and see if they were still there. They were but all the things they were selling were under big tarps. The one thing I actually wanted was to get some Maasai sandles and you can't very well do that in the rain or so I thought. Being in the rain doesn't actually make that much of a difference because people will want you to come over to them even more. The rain finally stopped and I as we were walking around I was immediately impressed by how big it was. It was at least 4 times bigger than the one in Ya-Ya center that I usually go to. They had a variety of stuff and I got to try out my bargaining skills again. After Saturday I will no longer feel bad when I give someone a low offer for something. There was this one person who tried to sell me a picture made out of banana leaves, I wasn't interested so I walked away. His first offer was 700 shillings and when I passed him by later he said lowered his offer all the way to 200! From 700 to 200 he was just trying to rip me off because he can see mazungu, foreigner painted on my forehead. I just have to think of a fair price and then stick to my guns and not let them bully me. I still ended up getting a lot of stuff like a Maasai blanket, earrings, bracelets, a basket, a dress and sandles. After the market Rebecca took me around to show me some good places to eat in the area. When the other volunteers come I want to act like I know all these great African places to eat and go to town all the time. I will be like, "Oh yeah, this place I go there all the time, it one of my favorites," even though I had never eaten there before and will probably get lost on the way there. She showed me some fast food restaurants, Italian and African. I am excited to go back and taste them. It soon started raining again so we headed back to her house and got a start on dinner. When we were on the site visits I would eat chapatis for every meal they were offered because they are so good so she showed me how to make them. I had no idea how hard it is. Needing everything by hand is so tiring and takes so long. I tried out rolling them and cooking them my fingers were all burnt and red since she usually just flips them on the stove by hand. It is worth it though they were the best chapatis I ever had. On Sunday I woke up feeling sick so I ended up going home early but I defenitly am going to go back it was really fun and one of the best weekend I have had since I have been here.