In Tana for a few hours to open up bank accounts, so...internet again! Training continues; we practiced making compost piles yesterday and got to try our hand at planting rice (very muddy work indeed). The garden we planted two weeks ago is sending up seedlings in every bed, which is gratifying to see and apparently surprising to the family that owns the garden, as they didn't expect to see results so fast!

I mentioned the avocados piled with sugar dessert in the last post and my mother commented, correctly, that it sounded like something I wouldn't like. The other night, my family surprised me by having unsugared mashed avocados with dinner, which made the rice taste like Mexican food (a refreshing change). I'm not sure if it was due to my mangled attempt at explaining this, but the next day they came up with another variation: mashed avocados with yogurt, condensed milk, and sugar. Surprisingly, this "guacamole yogurt" was the best dish of the three. So there, if you want to attempt some Malagasy cooking...

Yipes! Gotta go! I'll post again in 3 weeks or so!