Want Some Water?

So we got breakfast and the truck, picked up the two not-pregnant goats and headed out to the next town which is across the Nile. We were thirsty from our bean sandwiches and stopped at a little shop to get some drinks real quick. The truck driver pulled up behind us and he jumped out and seemed to be heading in too.

When I got inside I grabbed some waters and a diet coke, turned to the guy who followed me in the store and said 'I got you a water. If you want anything else just grab it, no problem.' The guy kind of looked at me funny and mumbled something and went to get something else.

We took all of our stuff to the desk and the guy who followed me in the store was right there so I handed him the water I got for him and put everything else in the bag. The guy kind of looked at me strange. The shop owner told us it would cost 6 pounds but I said 'no, 6 1/2 because of his water' and he just looked at me funny but said 'ok, 6 1/2'.

We paid and got outside and the truck driver was sitting in the truck...I'm not sure who I bought water for. I thought that they were all just being weird b/c people here in the Sandbox have this thing where they always buy things for their guests and, even though I've lived here 2 years it, doesn't matter. I will always be a foreigner and, therfore, a guest. So even my really good friends always act kind of strange when I try to pay for things...I just thought he was doing that.

I'm pretty sure that in 50 years he'll be telling his grandkids about the day that he met the white girl in the store and she threw a bottle of water at him and made him take it!!!!