[quote author=VillageBelle link=topic=73611.msg456044#msg456044 date=1352398165]
there was a trench
every child in our village learned to swim in it
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dammnnn....sounds like nuff Ringworm ....... ::rofl::
Belle, it was a different lifestyle altogether. No cars, no traffic to worry about. At nights we cooked dinner and ate under the stars sitting in a circle on a discarded tractor tyre. We lived in a compound and it was like a community lifestyle where everyone just brought what they made and we sat and shared, played guitars, sang songs etc.
of course the men did their thing .... their thing
it was so peaceful and quiet, we could hear a vehicle approaching and never see it until about 45 minutes to an hour after ....
the children ran free .. they all learnt to swim by the time they were three .... they spoke Wapishana like the natives (although now they can only say "hello" and "rain is coming" .....