It's HOT!!!!  My family has told me I must close my window at night with varying explanations of why this must be, so my hot room has become an oven.....have thrown caution to the wind and have begun leaving my window open...cannot stand it otherwise and it is still misery.  Today I will go into centre ville to try to buy a small ventilateur (electiric fan) from a Chinese lady I hear about....(actually she is no lady!) It costs 30 bucks I heard which will break the bank till next pay day but I don't care.  People are dropping like flies with intestinal/fever/nausea problems but I have excaped this so far....this aging body has evidently gained some resistance to the various bacteria, amoebas and other creatures that go bump in the night....and the bugs are turning up there noses at me too....heh heh. Love my mosquito net!!!! Sleep stark naked.  My family is nice but "forget" to feed me some nights.....I finally spoke up by walking into the main room and saying "I'm hungry!"  That did the trick.  Yesterday for lunch we had manioc foo foo, which is a white paste like glob with no taste.  It was served with a sauce for dipping that has the consistancy of....there's only one way to say this....snot.  So when I complained of being hungry that night, they served me left over paste with snot.........still hungry.....   Actually, this would be a good weight loss program in US.  Perhaps I will use my new found entrepreneurial skills for that when return home...Still loving my classmates.  Two have dropped out so far so we are down to 34.  Will post pix when I can.