Recently I was doing some brainstorming for an article I was writing and came up with experiences relating to each of the five senses. Here they are:
Sight
People walking (many people)
Very bad roads
Dukas - little shops/stands lining the roads
Amazing Flora
Wild Animals
Beatiful blue sky and the fluffiest white clouds
Lots of poverty
Flies on kids faces and eyes
Gorgeous sunrises and sunsets
Smell
Flowers
Clean Air
Polluted Air
Dust
Dung
Fruit
Smoke
Sunscreen
Taste
Roasted maize (corn)
Cooked cabbage
Bananas (so fresh!)
Dust
Lots of Buffets
Potatoes
Rice
Chapati (mmm!)
Chai (tea)
Fresh Juice
Sound
Silence at night in a city of 4 million
Waterfalls
Wild Animals
Cheetah growling (at me!)
Wind on the savannah
Way too much 80’s and 90’s soft rock
Children laughing and playing
Tribal dances
Touch/Feel
Kids caressing our skin and hair
Rough, black giraffe tongue
Wind
Foam mattresses
Lumpy pillows
Mosquito Bites
Wow…What a neat list of “experiences”… it almost reads like poetry!! Thanks, too for the map —- really neat to see where you’ve been. Keep up the good work!
Lots of love & prayers…
Mom