10th November: Splashing out on rum and cucumber

I feel guilty at having purchased the last and only green vegetable in the village (a small cucumber) but the smirk of amusement on the shopkeeper’s face as I took my change reassured me that the ‘vasah' had yet again provided a hot afternoon’s entertainment as well as income. More smirks followed me as I wondered back to the camp site, cucumber in one hand, rum in the other and the sun on my back.