So Alex is leaving to head back to the UK on Monday, and Mia will be moving on to a week’s placement in Gizo Hospital the same day (leaving me all alone in Munda). So we figured it was a good excuse to enjoy a few drinks with friends over the weekend.
On Friday we decided to give Cava (sp) a try. This is an ‘interesting’ drink made throughout the Pacific, from some kind of root – I think. The root is generally sold as a beige coloured powder, which is then made into a beige soupy looking drink. It tastes absolutely disgusting! It tastes like dirt, or maybe like Chinese herbs – very dusty. EURGH! After the first ladle-full (traditionally it’s served in coconut shells but we only had kitchen stuff) it just made my tongue and mouth numb. The second one made me feel a tiny bit mellow and chilled (but that may have been the sunset). I couldn’t face having a 3rd one (yuck-bleurgh!) but I’m told you feel progressively more and more relaxed. So much so, that if you overindulge, you can actually feel physically unable to get up the next morning – according to Daniel (Argentinian tourist who Alex and I met randomly during our travels!)
On Saturday, Roger, Chere, Brendan and Daniel came round for a braai (they didn’t call it that but I do) and Alex had managed to procure some bottles of rum – we wanted vodka but alcohol is difficult to come by here unless it’s SolBrew beer. Alex has proven to be an excellent cook and the chicken he cooked was fantastic. After dinner he brought out all his loose change that he’d collected over the 7 weeks and we taught everyone how to play Texas Hold’em. Fortunately, 2 bottles of rum between 7 of us doesn’t lead to hangovers, so we’re all feeling pretty good today.
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