Our year in the jungle is wrapping up. We have learned so much, seen so much, and wouldn't trade this time for anything. Here are the top 20 oddest/most fantastic/most shocking/most interesting things we've seen this year (that we could say/write in public):
20. disposable diapers washed and drying on the line
19. a woman with her baby in a stroller, on the back of a pickup truck
18. men walking around with bows and arrows on their backs
17. a 48 hr. wake in extreme heat (no embalming done here)
16. whole frogs blended up and sold as a health drink
15. a woman nursing someone else's baby, just to get him to stop crying
14. five of us big Americans in a 2 seater moto taxi
13. a mama cow meandering the busy market streets
12. a little boy urinating in the grass 5 steps from his front door (yes, there is a bathroom in his house)
11. a monkey wearing a diaper
10. dogs taking care of business on drying coffee beans (that are sold around the world)
9. barefoot kids shimmying up trees faster than a monkey
8. a little girl roller blading with a baby in her arms
7. a little boy walking around with fresh 3rd degree burns on his leg (uncleaned and uncovered)
6. a bonfire in the middle of someone's living room (works as mosquito repellent)
5. a man walking around town with a boa constrictor around his neck
4. 2 little girls "watching" their baby sister and losing her (we searched for hours)
3. 40 people standing and sitting on the sides of the back of a truck on the most dangerous roads
2. a pig in a moto taxi receiving a shot from the vet
1. beetle-like bugs being played with and eaten....alive
